Mamata Banerjee Apj Abdul Kalam

• Mamata Banerjee and Dr APJ Abdul Kalam exchange letters of mutual admiration

  Mamata Banerjee may not have been able to persuade former President Dr APJ Abdul Kalam to run for another term, but she gave it her best shot. Her aggressive efforts on Facebook, and offline in the social network of coalition politics, have won her rich praise from the nuclear scientist. In a letter to her, Dr Kalam thanks her for her "graceful pol...

• Dr APJ Abdul Kalam writes to Mamata Banerjee, who wanted him for President

  Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, who ruled himself out of the race for the next President, today wrote to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Chief Mamata Banerjee, thanking her for proposing his name.

• Mamata Banerjee's ministers 'will quit if forced', Congress says let's stick together

  Mamata Banerjee's ministers, who met with her in Kolkata this evening, said that though they are ready to resign if forced, they plan to stick with the UPA. "Many channels are saying that Trinamool ministers have submitted resignations to Mamata Banerjee.

• Confident Mamata sends 'advance congratulations' to Kalam

  Stating that the Samajwadi Party (SP) was with her, Trinamool Congress Chief Mamata Banerjee on Friday said former president APJ Abdul Kalam would contest the presidential elections and sent "advance congratulations" to him for a second tenure in office.