Congress Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee will be arriving here on July 1 to personally meet the Congress legislators here on July 1.
The Congress Legislature Party has directed all the party legislators and MPs to meet Mukherjee at the Jubilee Hall here. Congress has a strength of 155 in the 294-member House. While the MIM with seven MLAs proclaimed support to Mukherjee’s candidature, the TDP has 86 members, Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party of Kadapa MP Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy (YSRCP) 17 and Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) 17 are yet to announce their decision. The NDA’s nominee P A Sangma sought the support of TDP, TRS and also YSRCP for his candidature. (NSS)