After the big opposition meet, government reaches out for a consensus Presidential candidate. Defence Minister Rajnath sigh spoke with Mamata Banerjee, Mallikarjun Kharge, Akhilesh Yadav and Naveen Patnaik. Earlier, Sharad Pawar refused to be the opposition's consensus candidate, saying he still had a political innings to play. Key parties like the TRS and AAP skipped the opposition meet.
