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All India Dravida Munnetra Khazgam (AIADMK) chief Jayalalithaa today announced that the newly formed Third Front proposed incumbent President APJ Abdul Kalams name for a second term.
Chennai, June 18 : All India Dravida Munnetra Khazgam (AIADMK) chief Jayalalithaa today announced that the newly formed Third Front proposed incumbent President APJ Abdul Kalam's name for a second term.
Addressing a press conference, Jayalalithaa, however, said that since Kalam has not expressed his willingness for another term, therefore they would meet the President to persuade him in this regard.
She further said that the Third Front that they have formed has been christened as the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA).
She made an appeal to all political parties, fronts and alliances to give up their differences and support Kalam's candidature for the top post of the country.
Eight regional parties claiming themselves as 'Third Front' or the UNPA include, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), the AIDMK, the Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), the Samajwadi Party (SP), the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) and the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) of Assam Jharkhnad Vikas Morcha (JVM - have formed a common political alternative to the ruling UPA and the opposition NDA.
Earlier in the day, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) declared that they will support Vice President Bhairon Singh Sekhawat as an independent Presidential candidate.
The United Progressive Alliance-Left's presidential nominee Pratibha Devisingh Patil will file her nomination on June 23.
On June 16, the Election Commission (EC) issued the notification for the Presidential election, scheduled for July 19.
The filing of nomination papers will continue till June 30. The scrutiny will take place on July 2 and the last date of withdrawal of nominations is July 4.
The counting of votes will take place on July 21.
The term of office of the incumbent President ends on July 24.
The President is elected by an Electoral College consisting of the elected members of both Houses of Parliament and of the Legislative Assemblies of the States (including National Capital Territory of Delhi and the Union Territory of Puducherry).
As per the Presidential Elections Rules of 1974, a prospective Presidential candidate should get his nomination paper subscribed by at least 50 electors as proposers and at least 50 electors as seconders.
ANI
