Former Lok Sabha Speaker P A Sangma today met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo J Jayalalithaa in the backdrop of him favouring a tribal candidate as the next President. Sangma and his daughter Agatha Sangma, who is Minister of State for Rural Development, met Jayalalithaa at the Secretariat.<br />Though the visit was described as a "courtesy call", it assumes significance as the NCP leader has pitched for a tribal candidate to be fielded in the coming Presidential poll. The Meghalaya MP had recently said even after 60 years of India becoming a republic, no tribal had become the President.<br /><br />For more log onto- http://alpha.newsx.com
