DMK Working President M K Stalin also charged the ruling BJP with "enacting a drama" on selecting a candidate, based on discussions with the Opposition.
Speaking to reporters here, Stalin said his sister and Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi was present in the Opposition meeting held in Delhi today to select its candidate to take on NDA's Ram Nath Kovind.
"The (Opposition) candidate has been announced in line with DMK's aspirations.. I wish her all the best and to win (the Presidential race)," he said.
"But they did not implement it.. They enacted a drama for the sake of it," he said in an apparent reference to the BJP panel meeting opposition leaders on this matter.
"But BJP never told us openly that such and such a person was the candidate.. Therefore, a situation has come up where a candidate had to be fielded on behalf of the opposition," he added.
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