Sangma On Presidential Poll

• PA Sangma moves Supreme Court against Pranab Mukherjee's election as President

  Former Lok Sabha Speaker and NDA's presidential candidate PA Sangma has moved Supreme Court challenging the election of Pranab Mukherjee as President. Mr Sangma wants Mr Mukherjee's election set aside because he was holding office of profit on the date of his nomination.

• Pranab Mukherjee will be 13th President of India

  Pranab Mukherjee is President-elect and will take oath as the 13th President of India at 11.30 am on Wednesday, July 25.

• Andhra Pradesh speaker first to vote in presidential poll

  Polling to elect India's new president proceeded smoothly and briskly in the Andhra Pradesh assembly on Thursday with speaker Nadendla Manohar the first to cast his vote.

• Presidential polls could be as significant as 1969: PA Sangma

  Enthused by backing from 18 political parties, opposition Presidential Candidate P A Sangma on Sunday hoped to draw support from some more parties and said the July 19 polls could be as significant as the one held in 1969 when V V Giri defeated the Congress candidate.

• BJP had 'no time' to take permission for Sangma posters

  How did the BJP welcome the NDA presidential candidate P A Sangma to the city on Tuesday? Believe it or not, by flouting BMC norms and pasting illegal hoardings. Asked why they hadn't bothered to take permission, party leaders said that they had not had 'the time'.

• PA Sangma draws flak from Tamil Nadu rights group over president remark

  Taking objection to the comments made by Opposition-backed Presidential candidate PA Sangma on the suitability of a person for the top position, a disability rights group on Saturday demanded that he withdraw his remarks.

• Presidential poll: Did I forge my own signature, asks Pranab Mukherjee

  The BJP-led Team Sangma is looking for every opportunity to trip him up, but the UPA's candidate for President, Pranab Mukherjee, is not fazed. He seems rather amused, ridiculing his opponent's supporters for their allegation that the signatures on his resignation letter to the Indian Statistical Institute are forged.

• President polls: PA Sangma seeks order on Pranab's nomination; BJP ups the ante

  Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj met other party leaders in Delhi today to finalise new strategy after PA Sangma's demand for disqualification of Pranab Mukherjee from the presidential race was rejected yesterday.

• Presidential poll: PA Sangma's nomination papers accepted

  The nomination papers of opposition-backed PA Sangma for the Presidential poll were accepted on Tuesday by the returning officer after scrutiny.

• President polls: Team Sangma challenges Pranab Mukherjee's nomination

  PA Sangma's team has formally objected to Pranab Mukherjee's nomination as a candidate for President of India. Mr Sangma takes on the former Finance Minister in the election scheduled for July 19.

• Auto rickshaw driver, tea vendor among 26 who file nominations for presidential poll

  Even as the focus is on Pranab Mukherjee and PA Sangma in the coming Presidential polls, nomination papers have already been filed by 26 others who represent varied background--from an auto rickshaw driver to a tea vendor.

• PA Sangma to file nomination on Thursday

  Opposition backed Presidential candidate PA Sangma will file his nomination on Thursday, the day when UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee will also submit his papers.

• Pranab Mukherjee called, but didn't ask for support: Advani

  Veteran Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani revealed on Monday that Pranab Mukherjee had called him soon after his candidature for the president's post was announced, but did not ask for support.

• Pranab Mukherjee failed as Finance Minister: PA Sangma

  BJP-backed Presidential poll candidate PA Sangma today targeted Finance Minister and UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee for the economic slowdown.

• Full transcript: Pranab is my guru, but I will contest for democracy, says PA Sangma

  PA Sangma, who is running for President of India against Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, is confident that he will garner enough support to win the elections. He spoke to NDTV's Vishnu Som.