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UPA-Left finally put up common candidate for the post of President, and it is a woman for the firs time.

Her name is Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, the present Governor of Rajasthan state in North-west India. With the strength of the electoral college votes of UPA-Left combine with Maywati’s BSP and few others, she could well become the first Women President of India.

(In the picture is the File photo of Smt. Pratibha Patil, Present Governor of Rajasthan State)

As for the credentials of Smt. Pratibha, I learn from Rajasthan.gov.in that,

• Patil was the first woman president of the Congress in Maharashtra,
• Handled several ministries and served as the Leader of Opposition in that state,\
• Was the Deputy Chairperson of the Rajya Sabha in 1986-1988 and is the
• First woman governor of Rajasthan
• Was Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Assembly when Sharad Pawar, as the head of Purogami Lok Dal, became Maharshtra Chief Minister in July 1979.
• Patil was a table tennis champion during her college days
• She has been involved in the cooperative movement in Maharashtra.
• She also set up an industrial training school for the blind besides starting sewing classes for poor and needy women, hostels for girls, an engineering college, sugar factory etc.

And also read this,
…she refused to sign the controversial Rajasthan Freedom of Religion Bill that banned religious conversions. She argued that it contained provisions that directly or indirectly affected fundamental rights related to religious freedom.

India could well have the first Women President in its 60th Anniversary, as UPA-Left marketing goes.

Read Smt. Pratibha Patil’s profile at Rajasthan gov’t website