Politics

Pranab Mukherjee resigned as Finance Minister on Tuesday saying he was honoured at his Presidential nomination.

Pranab sought to justify some of his tough and contentious decisions saying that they were taken in the interest of people.

PA Sangma earlier sought a debate with Pranab Mukherjee saying the Indian economy was in a bad shape.

Pranab said that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) was between $46 billion and $48 billion.

Prasenjit Bose had resigned from the CPM protesting against its support for UPA's Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee.

Pranab Mukherjee is likely to resign as Finance Minister within a week to contest for the highest post in the country.

Meghalaya assembly Speaker Charles Pyngrope said he was yet to receive the resignation letter of PA Sangma, who is a legislator in the 60-member house.

Uddhav Thackeray said that his party's support for Pranab Mukherjee as President did not mean support for the Congress.

Anna Hazare on Monday appeared to approve the candidature of Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

eam Anna had made allegations against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Mukherjee and 13 others last month and demanded setting up of a special investigation team which was rejected by the Government.

It's not ideal that the courage to fight Mamata came over an issue that could have lost face for Congress but doesn't really make any economic difference.

With APJ Abdul Kalam opting out of the Presidential race on Monday, Trinamool Congress supreme Mamata Banerjee, who proposed his name, would take a decision on it.

He said that he had spoken to many NDA leaders, ahead of their meeting on Sunday and appealed them to support his candidature.

Following the tip-off, police managed to seize one of the tractor-trolleys and arrested its driver.

Sushma Swaraj told Manmohan Singh that she will definitely convey his message to NDA in its next meeting.

Sangma made it clear that he won't withdraw from the Presidential race and represent the tribal population, if not the NCP.