On eve of Oppn lunch, President indicates he isn't running for second term

BJP is likely to announce the name of its presidential nominee in a press conference on Friday

A day before Congress President Sonia Gandhi will host leaders of opposition parties to build consensus on a possible common presidential nominee of the opposition, President Pranab Mukherjee on Thursday indicated that he wasn't running for a second term.

"I have exactly two months to go. July 25, a new president will assume office," he said at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. Mukherjee, who assumed office in 2012, said he was sending officials who have worked with him to their respective ministries and departments. "One has gone to the Commerce Ministry, two to the Ministry of External Affairs," the