Pranab Mukherjee will win with 65% votes: Chidambaram

July 05, 2012 20:00

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram today expressed confidence that Pranab Mukherjee would win the Presidential election with over 65 per cent votes when asked whether the UPA candidate would sail through without Trinamool Congress support.

"Don't bring TMC into it, but I will give you the answer, Pranab Mukherjee will win the presidential election with over 65 per cent of valid votes cast," Chidambaram told a media interaction here. Asked whether without the Trinamool Congress support, Pranab Mukherjee would win the presidential election, Chidambaram said "one way or the other, we will win with over 65 per cent of valid votes cast."

Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, who also took part in the interaction at the Kolkata Press Club, said "we believe that is the number within the electoral college that Pranab Mukherjee will get."

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