Mamata backs Meira Kumar as President, non-committal on Pranab

It was for Congress Party to decide who it's candidate was, she said adding in a democracy everything depended on the majority.

However, she went on to say,"But if you ask my party's choice or the personal choice, then I'll say, I love Meira Kumar. She is a soft-spoken lady from the scheduled caste background."

"That I do not know, but I will be very happy to see if Meira Kumar or Gopal Gandhi or even A P J Abdul Kalam...These three names are better, I think so," she told CNN IBN when asked about her party's stand on the next President.

To a query about not mentioning Mukherjee on her wishlist for the President's post, Banerjee said,"No, I didn't say, but if it (Congress) allows him who am I to oppose it? It depends on the majority. It is a democratic country.

"He (Mukherjee) is finance minister...For Pranab Mukherjee I am very much sincere. About this I am very much serious. It's Congress party's decision (as to) who will be the candidate. We cannot say. I cannot interfere in Congress party's business."

Banerjee, chief of Tranamool Congress, which runs a coalition government with the Congress in West Bengal, said, "Is he the son of Bengal? He may the son of world....I don't think so but it is his choice. I don't know."