NDA candidate Shekhawat is ready to step down if APJ Kalam runs for the presidential elections.
Can it happen, I believe it will! And if APJ wins, he’ll be the second Indian President (after Rajendra Prasad) to preside over the post for 2 terms.
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Shekhawat keeps options open after Third Front backs Kalam
Monday, June 18, 2007
21:06 IST
New Delhi: In yet another turn to the Presidential race, Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhwat](Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhwat - Search) tonight kept his options open saying he would be happy if consensus could be achieved on the candidature of incumbent A P J Abdul Kalam, proposed by the Third Front.
“Nothing would give me greater satisfaction than the President (Kalam) so consenting. For this, total unanimity of all parties is an imperative. I would be happy if that were achieved,” he said in a statement hours after the Third Front announced support to Kalam for another term and the BJP-led NDA openly backed Shekhawat for the post.
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Third Front pitches for Kalam
Monday, June 18, 2007
15:26 IST
Chennai: The Third Front of eight political parties Monday urged President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam ](A.P.J. Abdul Kalam - Search)to continue as the country’s head of state for another five years.
Former Tamil Nadu chief minister and AIADMK chief J. Jayalalitha said after a meeting of the parties here that the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate Pratibha Patil was a “joke” on the nation and was nowhere of the same “stature” as Kalam.
Jayalalitha said the Front would appeal to all political parties to support the candidature of Kalam, whose term ends next month.
Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) leader Om Prakash Chautala, a former chief minister of Haryana, added: “I would like to appeal to everyone including the media to join hands to support Kalam because his presence is needed at this juncture for the country.”
The Third Front’s key constituents are AIADMK, INLD, Samajwadi Party and Telugu Desam Party (TDP).
Leaders of these parties are seeking an appointment with Kalam to request him to stand for another term.
So far only Rajendra Prasad, the first president of India, has had two terms. All others have been president for only one term.
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