06-18-2007, 11:13 PM
Thackerayâs Presidential ruminations
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Prior to the meeting with Vajpayee, Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and Sushama Swaraj called up Thackeray. But he did not respond to their calls.
Significantly, the Sena Chief answered the call made by the Prime Minister on the same night after a two hour long meeting. Though there has been no official decision, the saffron party has merely hinted as to the candidate that they will support in the upcoming Presidential elections. This has created a flutter in the BJP with the party top brass now seriously wondering on how to pacify Thackeray.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Caught in a quandary over which way to vote in the Presidential poll, the Shiv Sena has welcomed the fact that a <b>Maharashtrian woman</b> had been considered for the prestigious post.
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Sena's sole criterion on endorsing support is that some local character was hand-picked by Cong 'high-command'.
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Prior to the meeting with Vajpayee, Vice President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat and Sushama Swaraj called up Thackeray. But he did not respond to their calls.
Significantly, the Sena Chief answered the call made by the Prime Minister on the same night after a two hour long meeting. Though there has been no official decision, the saffron party has merely hinted as to the candidate that they will support in the upcoming Presidential elections. This has created a flutter in the BJP with the party top brass now seriously wondering on how to pacify Thackeray.
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<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Caught in a quandary over which way to vote in the Presidential poll, the Shiv Sena has welcomed the fact that a <b>Maharashtrian woman</b> had been considered for the prestigious post.
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Sena's sole criterion on endorsing support is that some local character was hand-picked by Cong 'high-command'.