The Hindu : National : Manmohan renominated from Assam

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Manmohan renominated from Assam

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Guwahati: The Assam Congress Legislature Party on Tuesday unanimously decided to renominate Prime Minister Manmohan Singh as the ruling party's candidate for the Rajya Sabha.

Dr. Singh, who arrived here on Tuesday, will file his nomination on Wednesday.

Emerging from the meeting, Chief Minister and CLP leader Tarun Gogoi told The Hindu that all the three previous terms Dr. Singh was elected only as an MP. "But this is for the first time that we will be electing the Prime Minister from Assam."

Apart from the term of Dr. Singh, the term of the BJP's Indramoni Bora is expiring. A senior Congress Minister said the ruling party wanted to ensure a smooth win for Dr. Singh and did not want to take any risk by fielding a second candidate.

The Congress has 53 seats and its coalition partner, Bodoland People's Progressive Front (Hagrma) 12 members in the 126-strong House.

Independent

Meanwhile, K. Padmarajan, a homoeopath from Mettur Dam in Tamil Nadu, filed his papers as an Independent against Dr. Singh. Though he does not have the required number of signatures of a minimum of 10 MLAs to back his candidature, Mr. Padmarajan is not bothered that his nomination will be rejected.

He has already made his entry into the Limca Book of Records as the most unsuccessful candidate.

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