Thackeray maintained his earlier stance and said he would call a meeting of the Shiv Sena to discuss the issue before taking a final decision. He has a nice personality. "We hope that the nation prospers during his tenure", Thackeray said after a 45-minute discussion at his residence in Mumbai.
"India and Pakistan will continue to play at worldwide tournaments but neither India plays in Pakistan nor Pakistan plays in India", Shah, who heads the Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA), told reporters, a day ahead of the clash between the arch rivals in the Champions Trophy final in England.
The Sena meeting comes a day after Thackeray accused the BJP of playing Dalit vote-bank politics and of fielding Kovind merely to capture Dalit votes. "Now that we have extended support, I don't think there should be any obstacle", Thackeray said, adding he can not endlessly wait for the opposition parties to finalise their candidate for the post. However, he was quick to add that his party would take the decision whether to support Kovind on Tuesday after considering all factors.
Meanwhile, Ram Nath Kovind today resigned as the Bihar Governor and his resignation was accepted by President Pranab Mukherjee.
Both of them have already spoken to Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Praful Patel and Bahujan Samaj Party's (BSP) Satish Mishra. He also refused to accept that Sena had made a U-turn.
Rep. Steve Scalise moved out of intensive care unit
Hodgkinson was living in his vehicle in the parking lot of the YMCA across the street from the baseball field, Slater said. A family member told investigators Hodgkinson had expressed a desire to return to IL in a message on June 12.
Venkaiah Naidu reached out to several regional parties for their support.
Union minister Sushma Swaraj's name is also doing the rounds in the race for the Rashtrapati Bhavan, reported DNA. Kovind is likely to file his papers on 23 June, BJP president Amit Shah said in Delhi after a almost two-hour meeting of the party's parliamentary board.
"If we look at the overall condition right now, there is an NDA government and we are its constituent". He said he will back the NDA candidate only if he is going to work in the benefit of the entire country. In 2007, Shiv Sena went against NDA candidate Bhairon Singh Shekhawt, supported Pratibha Patil.
"For the Left, the President's election has became a battle of ideologies and a battle for safeguarding the Constitution and secular democracy".
Sources in the CPI said Raja's name has been proposed by "some individuals and not any non-NDA parties". "He will be addressing three to four meetings", Raut said.
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