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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>Congress banks on caste card</b>
Congress leaders feel that Pratibha is a perfect blend of what all the constituents of UPA and the Left want. According to Congress leaders, the biggest factor is that she is a woman. Though long-term Sonia confidante Mohsina Kidwai's name was also discussed for the presidential nominee, she lost out to Pratibha. A senior leader said: "Kidwai lost out because of Pratibha's strong political background, her grooming in Maharashtra and the biggest factor that unlike Shivraj Patil, Sushil Kumar Shinde and Karan Singh, <b>she is not an `evident' rubber stamp</b>."
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A senior leader pointed out: "Pratibha appears a strong woman. She has retained her maiden name. She is married to a Shekhawat. This fact would help her in Rajasthan - an NDA-ruled State." 
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Pratibha has been an MLA, an MP in Lok Sabha and even deputy chairperson of Rajya Sabha. "With such credentials, the Left's insistence that the nominee should not be apolitical has been met," said another leader.

At a very micro level, Pratibha represents a good caste combination for UPA-Left to poach into other parties' votes also. <b>She is a Maharashtrian Kunbi married to a Shekhawat. </b>A senior Congress leader said: "Even Bhairon Singh Shekhawat should think twice before contesting a woman candidate, who has been very active in Maharashtra politics and is married to a Shekhawat from Rajasthan, " said a Congress leader.
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Retaining her maiden name means, woman is strong, what a garbage?
She is not evident rubber stamp. <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--emo&--><img src='style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif' /><!--endemo-->