"He (Mukherjee) had resigned as chairman of the ISI on June 20, a week before he filed his nominations," Parliamentary Affairs Minister P K Bansal told PTI shortly after Sangma's camp filed a petition seeking cancellation of the
United Progressive Alliance's candidate's nomination on grounds of holding an office of profit.
Bansal, the authorised representative of Mukherjee, said he and Home Minister P Chidambaram met Mukherjee after Sangma's claim and they were told by him of his resignation well in advance of filing the nomination.
"Pranab Mukherjee would be filing a written reply to the returning officer by 3 pm on Tuesday," the parliamentary affairs minister said.
Bansal said Sangma's claim was factually incorrect, legally ill-conceived and untenable.
