President Pranab Mukherjee, who was slated to cast his vote on May 12, has decided to skip voting to ensure neutrality. Mukherjee’s immediate predecessors A P J Abdul Kalam and Pratibha Patil had voted in the 2004 and 2009 general elections respectively. Both were registered voters in Delhi.
Sources said all formalities for Mukherjee’s voting through postal ballot had been completed. He is a registered voter in Rashbehari, part of the south Kolkata parliamentary seat. However, he decided not to exercise his franchise, bringing back the convention followed by many past presidents. “The president, in order to express his neutrality in the political fray, has decided not to cast his ballot. The decision was taken to maintain the tradition as most of his predecessors had done the same,” Mukherjee’s press secretary Venu Rajamony said.
South Kolkata will see a multi-cornered contest with the Congress fielding Mala Roy and the BJP nominating state unit president Tathagata Roy. Trinamool Congress has fielded sitting MP Subrata Bakshi while the CPM’s candidate is Nandini Mukherjee, a professor.
Sources said all formalities for Mukherjee’s voting through postal ballot had been completed. He is a registered voter in Rashbehari, part of the south Kolkata parliamentary seat. However, he decided not to exercise his franchise, bringing back the convention followed by many past presidents. “The president, in order to express his neutrality in the political fray, has decided not to cast his ballot. The decision was taken to maintain the tradition as most of his predecessors had done the same,” Mukherjee’s press secretary Venu Rajamony said.
South Kolkata will see a multi-cornered contest with the Congress fielding Mala Roy and the BJP nominating state unit president Tathagata Roy. Trinamool Congress has fielded sitting MP Subrata Bakshi while the CPM’s candidate is Nandini Mukherjee, a professor.
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