Kolkata: The West Bengal Congress on Wednesday slammed Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for her decision to reject Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee's name for the President's post and instead proposing the names of the Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh, former president APJ Abdul Kalam and former speaker Somnath Chatterjee.
Of all the names proposed by the Trinamool Congress Chief and Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, the name of the Prime Minister stood out.
WB Congress Chief Pradeep Bhattacharya said, "We are extremely disappointed. She cannot be serious about proposing the Prime Minister's name. The Congress High Command will take the final call on this. She (Mamata) has hurt the sentiments of Bengal. Pranab was the fittest candidate for the Chair. A lot of drama will unfold now after this trick."
Another senior Congress leader and a minister in the Mamata Banerjee government Manas Bhuniya said, "It is their (Mulayam and Mamata's) decision." Bhuniya, the Irrigation minister, said, "As a Congress worker, I had appealed to her (Mamata) to support Mukherjee who is a pride of India and also comes from Bengal."
He said that the party would abide by whatever decision the party High Command took.
(With additional information from PTI)
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