Raja, Stalin discuss possibility of common candidate for Prez

CPI national secretary D Raja and DMK working president M K Stalin discussed the possibility of fielding a common candidate by opposition parties for the upcoming presidential polls.
The two discussed the issue over phone during Raja's meeting with DMK MP Kanimozhi here yesterday when the latter invited the CPI leader to her father and party chief M Karunanidhi's 94th birthday celebrations next month, a source in the Left party said.
The election is to be held before July 24, when President Pranab Mukherjee's tenure ends.
"Raja and Stalin discussed the issue of fielding a consensus candidate for the presidential poll. The DMK leader shared similar opinion as Raja's," the source said.