This Article is From May 05, 2012

Presidential Polls: Mamata meets PM


May 05, 2012 00:32 (IST)
Commerce Minister Anand Sharma met Mamata Banerjee. After the meeting, Mr Sharma said, "Mamata jee and I are old colleagues. We've known each other for years. I came here to essentially discuss industry in Bengal, a mega IT hub; she wants to attract investment in the state. There was no discussion on FDI. Nor was there any discussion on the Presidential polls. I don't have the mandate to hold talks on this issue."
May 04, 2012 17:54 (IST)
Mamata Banerjee: I have always fought for the people and will continue to do so.
May 04, 2012 17:52 (IST)
Mamata Banerjee on President elections: I will wait for a few more days. If there is no movement, we will let you know what we are going to do. This is only first week of May. The elections are in July. There are still two months. If they want to talk to me, they will let us know.
May 04, 2012 17:49 (IST)
Mamata Banerjee: West Bengal is facing a debt crisis; we are seeking a bailout package. I will not comment on what the Prime Minister said on the matter. We have put across our point of view.
May 04, 2012 17:46 (IST)
UPDATE: Mamata Banerjee  speaks after her meeting with the Prime Minister, says she will not comment on President elections
May 04, 2012 17:00 (IST)
Mamata meets PM about Bengal finances as govt seeks her support for President candidate
Meanwhile, Pranab Mukherjee has denied that he is emerging as the first choice of the Congress and its allies for June's election for the President of India. "It is speculative. I don't want to comment on it," the Finance Minister told reporters on his way to Manila where he will attend the 45th Annual Meeting of Asian Development Bank's Board of Governors.
May 04, 2012 16:57 (IST)

Mamata Banerjee is meeting with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at his residence at 7, Race Course Road, to discuss the finances of her state, West Bengal.  Ms Banerjee wants the government to suspend the thousands of crores that West Bengal owes as interest on loans granted by the centre. This comes at a time when the government needs her support for its candidate for President of India.

May 04, 2012 11:57 (IST)
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee denies that he is emerging as the first choice of the Congress and its allies for the presidential polls. "It is speculative. I don't want to comment on it," he told reporters.
May 04, 2012 11:56 (IST)
The Congress, has shortlisted him and vice-president Hamid Ansari as the candidate of the ruling UPA coalition, though Congress president Sonia Gandhi said yesterday that no names have been finalised yet.

May 04, 2012 10:15 (IST)

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee who met with Mrs Gandhi last evening has so far not said on record  who she will support.

Congress leaders privately insist that Mamata Banerjee has come around and that Sonia Gandhi has obtained her support for whichever candidate the UPA finally chooses.

May 04, 2012 10:15 (IST)

While the formal agenda of the meeting is a moratorium for debt-ridden West Bengal, all eyes will be on any indications of a quid pro quo over the UPA alliance's Presidential candidate.

May 04, 2012 10:15 (IST)

Trinamool leader Mamata Banerjee is expected to meet Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today.

May 03, 2012 18:53 (IST)
JUST IN: He is an old friend, discussed all issues, says Mamata Banerjee after her hour-long meeting with Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav
May 03, 2012 18:03 (IST)
President election: No names shortlisted , says Sonia; Mamata likely to support UPA candidate
After meeting with key ally Mamata Banerjee today, Congress president Sonia Gandhi told NDTV, "there is still time" to decide on the UPA's candidate for President of India. When asked if her party has shortlisted any names, she said "no names...be patient." Sources say Mrs Gandhi wants to continue consultations with her own partymen and with allies on who to field. Reports have so far suggested that the Congress has narrowed down its choices to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee and Vice-President Hamid Ansari. The Presidential election is scheduled for June;Pratibha Patil's five-year term ends in July.

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