"Even if TMC drops out, Mulayam Singh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party will support the UPA candidate. The Bahujan Samaj Party and some smaller parties, too, will support Mukherjee and there will not be any problem to cross the magic figure", he added.
Stating it would be desirable to avoid contest while electing a candidate for the supreme post in the country, Pawar said, Mukherjee's credentials as a parliamentarian and an administration qualified him for support from all quarters.
Earlier this week, Pawar had sent an emissary to Sangma with an advice not to press for his candidature.
Sangma ignored the advice saying he was in the fray as a tribal candidate and not as an NCP leader. Sangma's candidature was announced by Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik.
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