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Rajasthan Governor and the United Progressive Alliance-Left presidential candidate Pratibha Patil today submitted her resignation from the post of the Governor to President A P J Abdul Kalam.
New Delhi, June 21 : Rajasthan Governor and the United Progressive Alliance-Left presidential candidate Pratibha Patil today submitted her resignation from the post of the Governor to President A P J Abdul Kalam.
Meanwhile, Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar said that it is too late to consider a proposal of the United National Progressive Alliance (UNPA) on Kalam's candidature.
''The NCP stands behind Pratibha Patil. It is too late to consider President Kalam's nomination,'' Pawar said.
Earlier in the day, the Left has ruled out the possibility of supporting the UNPA proposed President Kalam for a second term.
The UNPA has 1,06,281 votes, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) 3,54,689 votes, and the Congress-Left and the Bahujan Samaj Party have around 5,70,265 votes.
Pratibha Patil started her political career in 1962, when she became a Congress MLA in Maharashtra.
From 1967 to 1972, she was the Deputy Minister in Public Health, Prohibition, Tourism, Housing and Parliamentary Affairs.
She was a Cabinet Minister in the Maharashtra Government from 1972 to 1978 and headed different ministries like Public Health and Social Welfare, Cultural Affairs and Education.
She was the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly in 1979 and 1980.
From 1985 and 1990, she was a Rajya Sabha member and in 1986 she became the Deputy Chairman of the Upper House for two years.During this period she also headed Rajya Sabha Committee on Privileges and was a member of the Business Advisory Committee.
She was elected to the 10th Lok Sabha in 1991 on a Congress ticket, and in 2004 she was made the Governor of Rajasthan.
She was instrumental in setting up of an industrial training school for the blind, nursery school for children of Backward Castes and a Krishi Vigyan Kendra at Amaravati to teach new technique and scientific ways of cultivation to the farmers.
The voting to elect India's 13th President will be held on July 19 and counting is scheduled for July 21. Nominations can be filed till June 30.
The term of incumbent President A.P.J Abdul Kalam ends on July 24.
ANI
