Pratibha Patil on poll campaign

Wednesday, July 11, 2007, 13:09 [IST]

Bhopal, July 11: UPA-Left Front Presidential nominee Pratibha Patil arrived here today on a brief visit to interact with the MLAs and MPs from Madhya Pradesh seeking their support for the presidential poll scheduled on July 19. Accompanied by union ministers Arjun Singh, Prithviraj Chouhan and Suresh Pachouri and AICC General Secretary incharge of Madhya Pradesh V Narayanasamy, she arrived here by a special aircraft about 40 minutes behind schedule.

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Topics: presidential polls, pratibha patil, madhya pradesh, aicc, congress, upa left

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