Mamata's votes not needed for VP poll

Congress says even without her, it has over 60 percent votes

GN Bureau | July 10, 2012



With Mamata Banerjee keeping silent on the role of Trinamool Congress in the Presidential elections, her party has been excluded by the Congress in its calculations for the vice-president's election on August 7.

"Even without her, we have over 60 percent votes that may go up with others' support and hence we are not counting on Trinamool," a Congress functionary said. This stand runs counter to the public posturing of continuing to appeal to Mamata to support Mukherjee in the President's election.

It explains why she has not been even approached while the consultation process for the vice-president's election is in an advanced stage and while the Prime Minister took into confidence even insignificant players like former premier H D Deve Gowda whose Janata Dal(Secular) has just three votes of himself, son Kumaraswamy and Mandya MP N Chaluvaraya Swamy as against Trinamool's 25 in the electoral college of 790.
 

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