Congress mum on Presidential candidate - NewsX
Amid indications that Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee had emerged the front-runner among probable presidential candidates of the Congress, the party on Saturday sought to scotch speculations, stating that no name has been finalised.Janardan Dwivedi, chairman of the party's media department, said that discussions with the party's allies were continuing and that no names have been finalised.The party's top leaders, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and party chief Sonia Gandhi, met in New Delhi on Friday amid discussions with allies on finalising the party candidate for the highest post in the country.After the core group meeting, Sonia's political secretary Ahmed Patel met Mukherjee in his office for almost an hour.
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