Anandiben best candidate for President, tweets Swamy

Gandhinagar April 25 (IANS) BJP s Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy on Tuesday said former Gujarat Chief Minister Anandiben Patel is an ideal candidate for the President s post.

One of the best candidate for President is former Gujarat CM Anandibehn Patel the Bharatiya Janata Party leader posted on his Twitter handle.

So what if she is Gujarati? I too am Gujarat s son-in-law he added.

Simultaneously Swamy retweeted a message he received in reply that pitched for External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj for the post.

One of the best candidate for President is @SushmaSwaraj. So what if she is Punjabi? Why not prefer a lady responded Arvind@Bhatia.

Swamy kicked up a veritable debate with two more responses suggesting why was the politician himself not pitching for the coveted post.

However there was a barrage of responses that Sushma Swaraj was doing a commendable job as a Minister and should not be moved from the External Affairs Ministry.

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