By way of PTI
NEW DELHI: West Bengal Leader Minister Mamata Banerjee and Left leaders met NCP leader Sharad Pawar one after the other on Tuesday looking to persuade the veteran chief to be the joint opposition nominee for the presidential election.
Pawar, alternatively, refused, CPI(M) common secretary Sitaram Yechury mentioned after his assembly with him. Pawar met Yechury, CPI common secretary D Raja, and NCP leaders Praful Patel and P C Chacko in Delhi and conveyed to them his choice not to contest the election.
“I’ve been knowledgeable that Pawar may not be the opposition face for the presidential ballot, different names are into consideration,” mentioned Yechury.
Opposition assets mentioned Pawar used to be now not prepared to go into a struggle which he’s destined to lose at this level in his political occupation.
Banerjee is in Delhi for a gathering of non-BJP events she has convened to formulate a joint technique for the impending presidential ballot.
Banerjee, the Trinamool Congress supremo, has convened the assembly on June 15 on the Charter Membership within the nationwide capital for discussions to come back out with a consensus opposition candidate. The election of the President of India shall be hung on July 18.