NEW DELHI, June 27 � Pranab Mukherjee and P A Sangma will file their nominations tomorrow setting off the Presidential race between UPA and the BJP-backed Opposition candidate in which the ruling alliance is set for a runaway victory.
Unfazed by Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee�s revolt, UPA will utilise the occasion of filing of nomination of Mukherjee to project a united picture and its penetration into NDA.
Mukherjee will file papers at 1100 hrs in the presence of the top brass of UPA including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and alliance Chairperson and Congress chief Sonia Gandhi.
Barring Trinamool Congress, leaders of all UPA constituents are expected to be present on the occasion including Sharad Pawar (NCP), T R Baalu (DMK), Farooq Abdullah (NC) and E Ahmed (IUML), in a move to project a united face of the ruling alliance.
NDA allies JD(U) and Shiv Sena have decided to support Mukherjee.
The timing of filing of nomination by 64-year-old Sangma has not yet been given out by his office. He is likely to be accompanied by senior BJP leaders, Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy and senior MPs from AIADMK, BJD and SAD, among others.
Sangma, a tribal Christian leader from Meghalaya, who recently quit NCP to enter the Presidential fray, had yesterday met Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata to seek TMC support. � PTI
