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CPI-M to support Ansari

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Press Trust of India Vijayawada
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 2:11 AM IST

Speaking to reporters, he recalled it was CPI-M along with other Left parties which had proposed the name of Ansari in 2007 for the vice president's post, which was accepted by the Congress-led UPA.

The Left parties were supporting UPA-1 government from outside at that time.

CPI(M) has already declared its support for UPA's Presidential poll candidate Pranab Mukherjee.

CPI-M will consult other Left and like-minded parties and a formal announcement on extending support to Hamid Ansari for a second term would be made on Monday, he said.

The name of the 75-year-old Ansari was announced by UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi at a meeting of the Congress-led coalition at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's residence in New Delhi today.

  

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