Pratibha Patil is UPA's choice for president
New Delhi: The UPA-Left combine announced on Thursday the candidature of veteran Congress leader and Rajasthan governor Pratibha Patil for the Presidential election.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi revealed the UPA-Left choice following a meeting of the ruling coalition and its supporting partners at the prime minister's residence yesterday evening. The move is likely to upset NDA's strategy to field vice-president Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, given that the 72-year-old Patil is a Maratha married to a Rajput who hails from Shekhawat, the same region as the former.
Patil's candidature has also ended hopes for Congress loyalists like Shivraj Patil and Pranab Mukherjee.
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