Patil to begin presidential campaign from Chennai
Indo-asian News Service, Chennai
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) candidate Pratibha Patil begins her campaign for presidential elections in Chennai on Sunday with a rally that thousands of women are expected to attend.Patil, who generally speaks in Hindi, is expected to speak in English when she addresses her Chennai audience. DMK patriarch and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi is the host for the event. The rally is being touted in Chennai as an all-women rally for Patil, who will be India's first woman president if she wins the July 19 election.
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