Congress unwilling to ‘spare' Pranab

The Congress on Thursday hinted that Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee was too “valuable” to be spared for the Presidential job, but the UPA trouble-shooter remained  among the front runners given his acceptability among the allies, and SP chief Mulayam Singh’s insistence that the President should be a political person. Even Trinamool supremo Mamata seemed open to back Pranab if the Congress proposed his name.

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