last time bjp strived for a consensus and did not insist on its own partyman as the presidential candidate and went for kalam, a non political honuorable scientist. he was supported by all except, who put up laxmi sahagal against him.
this time the ruling coalition were chhosing from congressmen only. why? it is an accident that pra patil was chosen, after pra mukherjee, shivraj patil, su ku shinde, karan singh, arjun singh, nirmla deshpande, mohsina kidwai, mo lal vora etc were rejected by either sonia, left or mayawati.
the upa even did not support for reelection of kalam, who was the strong choice of the educated people of the country and whose name was proposed by 3rd front and seconded by nda & sekhawat. all bcoz sonia wanted only a proven loyal dynasty sycophant as the president (WHEN INDIRA WAS JAILED, PATIL ALSO COURTED ARREST AND REMAINED IN JAIL TILL INDIRA WAS IN JAIL. DURING EMERGENCY, PATIL HAD SAID THAT THE PEOPLE'S RELIGION SHOULD B FAMILY PLANNING. LET US SEE WHAT DOES SHE SAY ON FAMILY PLANNING NOW. PROBABLY SHE WILL B LOOKING TOWARDS HER BOSS SONIA FOR DIRECTIONS.).
