New Delhi: Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee claimed on Friday that the Samajwadi Party was with her on President poll. Reiterating her stand that her party would support former president APJ Abdul Kalam she added that there should be no politics over President's post.
“Mulayam and I are still together. Kalam will contest. I congratulate Kalamji in advance. There should not be any politics over President’s post. I call upon all political parties to support Kalam,” she said.
Samajwadi party’s Rajya Sabha MP Kiranmoy Nanda said that the decision taken in consultation with Mamata on Wednesday of proposing the names of Kalam, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and former Lok Sabha speaker Somnath Chatterjee still stands.
“We are together,” said Nanda after meeting Mamata.
Earlier, the Samajwadi Party on Friday said that the party neither wanted early Lok Sabha elections nor wanted to topple the government on the question of President poll.
Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav also said that the party would not join the UPA government and added said that former president APJ Abdul Kalam was only Trinamool Congress supremo and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's choice.
On being asked if Kalam was the joint candidate of the two parties, Ram Gopal said, "'Hamara' could also mean 'mera'," indicating only Mamata was committing on Kalam till now.
When asked about whether the party will support Pranab Mukherjee's candidature, he said, "Mulayam Singh Yadav will decide whether SP will back Pranab."
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