Straight fight will be held between Patil and Shekhawat in Presidential poll

NI Wire

Delhi

Mon, 02 Jul 2007: 

July 02: There will be a straight fight between UPA-Left nominee Pratibha Patil and NDA-backed independent Bhairon Singh Shekhawat for the presidential election held on July 19, told P D T Achary, the Returning Officer and Lok Sabha Secretary General in a press conference today.

P D T achar told that all the nomination papers were rejected except that of Patil and Shekhawat after going under scrutiny.

There were many loop holes in those papers, so the officer general has rejected those papers according to rules and regulations written in the constitution. On the other hand all the information are find true given by Patil and Shekawat in their nomination papers. So these were accepted by the authority.

Pratibha Patil has filed four sets of nomination papers while Bhairon Singh Shekhawat filed two sets of nomination papers. All the sets of the nomination papers were found valid after going under scrutiny.

Before this UPA-Left nominee Pratibha patil broke her silence over all the controversy going on since last few days. She claimed that all the indicts against me are false and baseless. The oppositions are trying to defame me by framing wrong facts over me. These all are full of conspiracy and wrong facts. She was addressing the local MLA’s and MP’s of Congress and coalition parties at a local hotal in Chennai after addressing a women’s rally on Sunday July 01, 2007. She went to Chennai for addressing to the women’s rally called for their welfare and goodness.

In this response, Ravi Shanker Prasad, the BJP spokesperson told that “It is very unfortunate for us as the nominee person for the top job must not say like this. We are not blaming her tactlessly. We are talking on the basis of the fact provided by CBI and High Court. No comments can be made over if someone is ignoring these facts.”

ratibha Patil are accusing of several charges includes ‘her controversial addressing over curtain system’, ‘to save her brother from the improper way who is accused of Bank debts and Murder case’. Besides this she is also an accused of a Bank as she has not yet paid the remaining Rs.17 crore, which she had credited more than this sum for establishing a sugar mill according to media reports.