06-17-2007, 01:43 AM
Barnala in race for V-Pâs post
Badal backs, Karunanidhi lobbies for him
Sarbjit Dhaliwal
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 15
Surjit Singh Barnala, Governor of Tamil Nadu, has emerged as one of the candidates for the office of the Vice President of India.
Sources today confirmed that the DMK chief and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi, has been lobbying for Barnala for the past some days in this regard.
Sources said Karunanidhi had discussed Barnalaâs name for the post of Vice President with the leaders of left parties during his visit to Delhi on June 13.
A senior leader of the DMK on behalf of Karunanidhi had also talked to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for making Barnala as candidate.
It is learnt that Badal, who is in Delhi today, has supported the move. He is scheduled to meet senior leaders of the BJP and other parties which are associated with the National Democratic Alliance.
Karunanidhi holds Barnala in a high esteem and has a good personal rapport with the Governor. Karunanidhi and Barnala had become friends in 1990 when the latter took a moral stand and resigned from the Governorship of Tamil Nadu.
Badal backs, Karunanidhi lobbies for him
Sarbjit Dhaliwal
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 15
Surjit Singh Barnala, Governor of Tamil Nadu, has emerged as one of the candidates for the office of the Vice President of India.
Sources today confirmed that the DMK chief and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, M. Karunanidhi, has been lobbying for Barnala for the past some days in this regard.
Sources said Karunanidhi had discussed Barnalaâs name for the post of Vice President with the leaders of left parties during his visit to Delhi on June 13.
A senior leader of the DMK on behalf of Karunanidhi had also talked to Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal for making Barnala as candidate.
It is learnt that Badal, who is in Delhi today, has supported the move. He is scheduled to meet senior leaders of the BJP and other parties which are associated with the National Democratic Alliance.
Karunanidhi holds Barnala in a high esteem and has a good personal rapport with the Governor. Karunanidhi and Barnala had become friends in 1990 when the latter took a moral stand and resigned from the Governorship of Tamil Nadu.