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The Left parties have asked the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)government to come up with a presidential candidate having the"widest possible acceptance." Emerging from a meeting here on Wednesday, leaders of the four Leftparties said they didn't discuss any name, though P.A. Sangma ofthe Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), who had approached them forsupport, did figure in the deliberations. A statement issued later said: "There should be a candidatefor the presidential election, based on the widest possibleacceptance." "We haven't discussed any name. The UPA should come up with aname," Debabrata Biswas of the Forward Bloc told journalistsafter the meeting, and also remained non-committal on the threenames proposed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee,including that of Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar. The meeting was attended by Prakash Karat, Sitaram Yechury, and S.Ramachandran Pillai, (Communist Party of India-Marxist), A.B.Bardhan, Sudhakar Reddy, and D. Raja (Communist Party of India),T.J. Chandrachoodan and Abani Roy (Revolutionary Socialist Party)and the Forward Bloc's Debabrata Biswas and G. Devarajan. "We have to consider many things," Mr. Bardhan said."If someone is saying he is tribal, so we should support him,then what about our ideology, our political thinking?" hesaid in an obvious reference to Mr. Sangma. He said the Left parties gave a patient hearing to Mr. Sangma, butdidn't give any assurance to him. "We will discuss thematter. We will soon decide. Let the UPA come up with a name whichhas wider acceptability," he said. Meanwhile, the former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister, Ajit Jogi, hasopposed the candidature of Mr. Sangma for the presidentialelection, alleging that he was "playing into the hands ofcommunal forces" represented by the Bharatiya Janata Party. "One shouldn't declare himself a presidential candidate. Ithas never been demanded by any individual. The country chooses andthe electoral colleges decide it. But Sangma is trying to claim itas a tribal leader, which is wrong," Mr. Jogi said. Asked on his stand on supporting a tribal candidate, Mr. Jogi saidthe party had not decided yet. "If a party decides on atribal candidate, we will definitely support it.". The e-commerce company in China offers quality products such as Rechargeable Mini Speakers , Bicycle Seat Covers, and more. For more , please visit Bike Reflectors today!
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