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| Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will run for President as the ruling UPA's candidate. His candidacy, ratified at a meeting of the Congress's allies at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's 7 Race Course Road residence today, was announced by Congress president Sonia Gandhi.
Mrs Gandhi said Mr Mukherjee had a long and distinguished record of public service and appealed to all political parties to support him. She was flanked by all the UPA allies.
Mr Mukherjee is expected to resign as Finance Minister on June 24, after the Prime Minister returns from the G-20 summit in Mexico, and is likely to file his nomination papers on June 25. | |
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