Sangma President Elections

• 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'.

• Presidential poll: Pranab Mukherjee's nomination accepted; resignation letter 'fabricated' says BJP

  It will be a Pranab Mukherjee versus Purno Sangma race to Rashtrapati Bhawan. A technical objection to Mr Mukherjee's nomination made by Team Sangma has been rejected by the returning officer, who has scrutinized and accepted Mr Mukherjee's nomination papers today. But the BJP, which is supporting Mr Sangma, will not give up yet, insisting that a l...

• Presidential poll: Pranab Mukherjee, PA Sangma to file their nominations today

  The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee is expected to file four sets of nomination papers today at around 11 am. Mr Mukherjee will be contesting the elections against former Lok Sabha Speaker PA Sangma, who is backed by the BJP, and two powerful Chief Ministers - Tamil Nadu's J Jayalalithaa and...

• Top BJP leaders to be present during PA Sangma's nomination

  Making its intentions clear in backing its presidential candidate PA Sangma all the way, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is expected to put up a show of strength today when the former Lok Sabha Speaker files his nomination.

• 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.

• President polls: Sangma quits party, BJP dithers, Nitish refuses

  PA Sangma, adamant on running for President of India, has resigned from the party that he co-founded several years ago with Sharad Pawar. The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) is a member of the ruling coalition, the UPA. Now that Mr Sangma no longer belongs to a party that is affiliated with the Congress, the opposition BJP has to decide whether to...

• Who is PA Sangma?

  Many would recall that during the late nineties when the Lok Sabha would plunge into chaos the Chair of the Speaker would actually be smiling. Only much later that Speaker, Purno Ajitok Sangma shared the secret; he said he would slip in pages of his favourite Tom and Jerry and read the comic book and smile while the members would fight!