Opposition will be able to find a common Presidential candidate: Yechury
Exuding confidence that the opposition parties would be able to put up a common candidate in the coming presidential polls, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday said the effort was to zero in on a person capable of preserving the secular democratic fabric of the constitution.
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Kolkata: Exuding confidence that the opposition parties would be able to put up a common candidate in the coming presidential polls, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday said the effort was to zero in on a person capable of preserving the secular democratic fabric of the constitution.
Yechury said talks were on among the opposition parties to firm up a consensus candidate.
"Talks are on among opposition parties. You will get to know at the right time who we are speaking to. And then you will see a common candidate," he said.
But Yechury declined to name any individual who was being considered for the top post.
"How can I name? The moment we name somebody, the CBI will be used against him. L.K. Advani's name had cropped up. Now there is a CBI probe against him. Wait, and you will know the name at the right time."
Replying to a query about Congress chief Sonia Gandhi's scheduled meeting with Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday, the Communist Party of India-Marxist chief said it was a matter between the two leaders.
"In a democracy, everybody has the right to talk to anybody," he said.
Asked whether the CPI-M would speak to the Trinamool on the issue, Yechury said: "There was a discussion among likeminded parties. The responsibility of who will talk to whom was finalised in that meeting.
"I was given some responsibility which I carried out. Others also have been given some specific responsibility, which they will fulfill", he said.
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