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Mumbai: Reports of Sharad Pawar being a candidate for presidential election baseless, says Nawab Malik

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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Maharashtra Minister Nawab Malik on Thursday said that reports of Sharad Pawar being a candidate for the presidential election next year are baseless.

Speaking to ANI Malik said that there has been no such talk in the party or with other parties.

“Reports of Sharad Pawar being a presidential-poll candidate are baseless. There are no presidential polls soon. Conditions after polls in 5 states will be reviewed. There has been no such talk in the party or with other parties. News is fabricated,” said Nawab Malik.

Earlier in the day, NCP chief Sharad Pawar had ruled out being an opposition candidate for the presidential election next year amid speculations in sections of the media about such a possibility.

Election strategist Prashant Kishor’s meeting with Sharad Pawar last month followed by his meeting with Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra earlier this week had led to such speculation in sections of media.

Pawar, a former chief minister of Maharashtra and a former union minister, said: “it is absolutely false” that he will be a candidate for the Presidential election.

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