New Delhi, June 17: capt. Lakshmi sahgal, the Left Front's candidate for presidential poll will file her nomination on June 21. She will file her nomination on June 21, CPI(M) polit bureau member Prakash Karat said today. Parliamentary party leaders of the left parties and the Janata Dal (Secular) will be present when she files her nomination to contest against NDA candidate A P J Abdul Kalam.
Meanwhile, left leaders held an informal meeting yesterday to chalk out the tentative schedule for campaigning. The party leaders said that the campaign for their presidential candidate would begin from Gujarat, which has been rocked by communal violence for the past three months.
The Left would like to use the campaign to attack the Sangh Parivar and BJP.
Bureau Report