Day: 15 July 2012

With the Presidential elections set to occupy central space in the coming days and the most likely victory of Pranab Mukherjee (the well known Congress party leader), as expected there was the usual political bickering orchestrated by the oppositions and rivals alike. All in all, Congress seems to have managed to gain a few brownie points over the opposition for now, even while its support base nationally continues to ebb. But one of the aspects which cannot be ignored this time was the decision of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) – CPI(M) to vote in favour of the Congress candidate – Pranab Mukherjee, that really defied all sense of imagination. read more