New Delhi, July 20: CPI(M) general secretary Prakash Karat and party polit bureau member Sitaram Yechuri met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh late last evening to discuss the Vice-Presidential candidate.
Mr Yechuri told sources that the aim of the meeting was to update Dr Singh about the views of the Left parties on Vice-Presidential candidate.
Earlier, the Left parties met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to discuss on the canditate, for which Mr Yechuri said, they had shortlisted four names left-leaning historian Irfan Habib, Jamia Milia Islamia VC Mushirul Hasan, former Indian ambassador to the US Abid Hussain, Haryana Governor A R Kidwai and Mr Khalid Ansari.
Mr Yechuri also did not ruled out former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farukh Abdullah's name from the list of potential canditates.
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Mr Yechuri told sources that the aim of the meeting was to update Dr Singh about the views of the Left parties on Vice-Presidential candidate.
Earlier, the Left parties met UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi to discuss on the canditate, for which Mr Yechuri said, they had shortlisted four names left-leaning historian Irfan Habib, Jamia Milia Islamia VC Mushirul Hasan, former Indian ambassador to the US Abid Hussain, Haryana Governor A R Kidwai and Mr Khalid Ansari.
Mr Yechuri also did not ruled out former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farukh Abdullah's name from the list of potential canditates.
UNI
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