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Prez polls: PM meets Pranab, Chidambaram

By PTI
June 15, 2012 12:44 IST

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday met senior Congress colleagues, including Pranab Mukherjee, to discuss the Presidential poll issue ahead of the United Progressive Alliance meeting.

Besides Mukherjee, who is the UPA's first choice as Presidential candidate, the meeting was attended by P Chidambaram, Salman Khurshid and Kapil Sibal. The meeting is believed to be meant for discussing Congress strategy ahead of the deliberations with UPA allies on Friday evening.

The UPA meeting, which is being skipped by Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee, is expected to firm up the coalition's candidate.

The UPA Congress has two names -- Mukherjee and Vice President Hamid Ansari -- under consideration as first and second choices for the Presidential candidate.

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