Sangama moves SC against Pranab election as President

The former Lok Sabha speaker and candidate of NDA in the Presidential election P A Sangama has approached Supreme Court to challenge the Pranab Mukherjee's election as the president of India.

He has blamed that Mukherjee had held an offaice of profit while filing his nomination. He has urged court to the results should be declared null and void and he should be declared the Indian President.

It is noted that Sangama has alleged the same allegation on Mukherjee during the election campaigning. He has said that Mukherjee was chairman of the Indian Statistical Institute in Kolkata when he plunged into the presidential race.

He added that during the election process, Mukherjee was also leader of the Congress Parliamentary Party in the Lok Sabha.

BJP had supported him during presidential election but when he decided to move court for his challenge, party has made distance from him.

(With inputs from IANS)