Observer Research Foundation organised a roundtable on the “Forthcoming Presidential Election in India” on April 27, 2007 at the ORF Campus, Delhi. The roundtable was attended by several eminent personalities from the media, academia, political parties and think-tanks. The discussion largely focused on the possible contenders, the current electoral strengths of various political formations and the possible scenarios that are likely to emerge.
The list of participants included -
(i) Prof. Ajay K. Mehra;
(ii) Mr. Manish Tewari Secretary, AICC;
(iii) Prof. Balveer Arora, Jawaharlal Nehru University;
(iv) Mr. Pran Chopra, Author and journalist
(v) Mr. T.R.Ramachandran, Chief of Bureau, The Tribune;
(vi) Ms. Sudha Ramachandran, Hindustan Times;
(vii) Ms. Neerja Chowdhury, Indian Express;
(viii)
Mr. D.P. Tripathi, General Secretary & Chief Spokesperson, Nationalist Congress Party;
(ix) Dr. Harish Khare, Political Editor, The Hindu;
(x) Mr. K.C.Nahata, Coordinator, Forum of Voters;
(xi) Mr. K.K.Katyal, Senior journalist and author;
(xii) Prof. P.V.Indiresen, Social scientist;
(xiii) Dr. Abid Hussain, Former diplomat;
(xiv) Prof. S.D. Muni, Executive Director, ORF;
(xv) Mr. Syed Naqvi, Senior Journalist;
(xvi) Mr. Baljit Kapoor, Hony Secy., ORF;
(xvii)
Dr. Niranjan Sahoo, Research Fellow, ORF
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