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The probable candidates in Presidential polls

by TLN Team May 9, 2022May 9, 2022
written by TLN Team May 9, 2022May 9, 2022
The probable candidates in Presidential polls

Just two months into the election but the contest to choose the next occupant of the Rashtrapati Bhavan has yet to pick up steam, with both the government and opposition yet to clear the air on their candidates.

The names of Kerala Governor Arif Mohd Khan, Vice President M Venkiah Naidu, Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, Assam Governor Jagdish Mukhi, former Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu, and Chhattisgarh Governor Anusuiya Uikey are being taken on the government side, while NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar are the top names from the opposition.

The name of NCP Chief Sharad Pawar is a household name in Maharashtra his political experience- a three-time Maharashtra Chief Minister and Defence and Agriculture Minister at the Centre – and his relations across party lines, leaving the BJP on the backfoot.

President of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), which he founded in 1999 after parting ways from the Congress, he is currently a Rajya Sabha member. Pawar was the Chairman of the Board of Control for Cricket in India BCCI from 2005 to 2008 and the President of the International Cricket Council.

From Congress, it could be Meira Kumar, who has been a Union Minister too and contested elections in the past too.

On the government’s side, several names are doing the rounds, but with Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s penchant for surprises – picking up Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind in 2017 – could be displayed again. Kerala Governor Khan could be a choice to display the government’s inclusive side, while he has been a vocal supporter of government policies on various issues.

Starting his political career as a student leader, he rose to become the President of Aligarh Muslim University Students’ Union in 1972-23 before his political debut in 1977 when he was elected to the UP Assembly. He subsequently joined the Congress and was elected to the Lok Sabha in 1980 from Kanpur and 1984 from Bahraich. In 1986, he quit Congress due to differences over the passage of the Muslim Personal Law Bill, nullifying the Shah Bano judgment, by the Rajiv Gandhi government.

Khan joined the Janata Dal and was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1989 and served as Civil Aviation and Energy Minister in the V.P. Singh government. He subsequently joined the Bahujan Samaj Party and was again elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998 from Bahraich.

In 2004, he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but only gained prominence after he was appointed Kerala Governor in 2019.

Venkiah Naidu is another strong possibility. Beginning his career as an MLA in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly, he was in 1983, elected a member of the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka in 1998. He has served as Union Minister both in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government and then the Narendra Modi government, before being elevated as Vice President.

If the Modi government decides to field a sitting Governor as a candidate like in 2017, probables range from Chhattisgarh’s Uikey, to Soundararajan if it seeks to choose someone from the South, while Mukhi could be the pick if it seeks to gain ground in Delhi.

However, there could be dark horse candidates as either sides are keeping the cards close to their chest.

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