UPA presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee said it would be his endeavor to protect the "values of the office of President"--integrity and impartiality.
"The President stands above party politics. Given an opportunity, it shall be my endeavor to protect the values of this office: integrity, impartiality and the promotion of `sarva dharma sambhav' which constitutes the spirit and essence of our Constitution," Mukherjee said in a letter to Congress MLAs and MPs here.
Mukherjee, as a part of his campaign, gave a copy of the letter to every Congress MP and MLA from Gujarat. "I was schooled in politics by the pro-poor commitment of Mrs Indira Gandhi and it remains my dream to eliminate the last vestiges of that terrifying affliction called poverty within our lifetime," the letter said.
"I have been unwavering in my pursuit of this in whatever responsibility that has come my way in all my years of public life. "I began my public life from my ancestral village in Bengal. At times |
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