In an apparent bid for a bigger role in national politics, chief minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik today accompany presidential aspirant P A Sangma to file his nomination papers.
"Sangma is BJD's candidate. We first announced his name for the top post in mid-May and later other political parties supported him," Naveen said after filing nomination by Sangma.
Patanaik named NDA allies and other parties which are supporting their candidate and express gratitude.
Naveen Patnaik, Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal, Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar, BJP president Nitin Gadkari and party leaders L.K. Advani, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley were among those who were present at the Rajya Sabha secretariat for the filing of the nomination.
Sangma after filing his nomination, express his gratitude towards Naveen Patnaik , Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Jayalalithaa and the NDA for backing him.
He also said that today is a victory of tribal unity, that a tribal is filing his nomination for the post of President.
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