Left likely to go with Pranab

June 15, 2012 14:37

Sources have told Rediff.com that the Left is likely to support Pranab Mukherjee. The four Left parties are meeting on the issue this evening. "I will not comment on it now. Let the four left parties decide. They will sit in Delhi to decide their course of action in the Presidential election," Bhattacharjee, a CPI(M) politburo member, told reporters today.

UPA's probable Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee had telephoned him and Left Front chairman Biman Bose yesterday seeking support.

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