But the finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee, is her main Bengali rival, and he refuses special help.
It had the effect of cornering Mrs Gandhi into endorsing Ms Banerjee's foe, Mr Mukherjee.
In his opening speech, President Pranab Mukherjee said India's current economic situation was "difficult".
Earlier Thursday, President Pranab Mukherjee formally announced the Mars mission during a speech in parliament.
President Pranab Mukherjee gave his assent on Sunday to new rape laws recommended by the government.
Mr Mukherjee has cut his growth forecast for the year, from 9% to 7.5%.
The first is whether Congress honours the few reforms Mr Mukherjee was bold enough to volunteer.
Pranab Mukherjee, India's finance minister, called on Mrs Zia recently, inviting her back to Delhi.
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It came as President Pranab Mukherjee signed into law tough new legislation to counter violence against women.
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Instead, Ms Banerjee objected to both Mr Mukherjee and the other (lesser) candidate, Hamid Ansari, India's vice-president.
Another developer, Nevi Mukherjee showed me a tablet-based application designed for Kenya's school children called eLimu.
Pranab Mukherjee, the finance minister, insists there is no correlation between corruption and foreign direct investment (FDI).
Mr Mukherjee admitted that the government would have fallen if the matter had gone to a vote.
Dev Mukherjee, who ran the division since 2008, will step down by the end of this week.
Does the canny Mr Mukherjee hope to achieve more liberal progress than he has so far promised?
He also has a longstanding rivalry with the finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee, who is associated with UID.
Deputy chief of Dhaka police Shyami Mukherjee said the two were accused of causing "death due to negligence".
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On December 13th the finance minister, Pranab Mukherjee, had almost to beg MPs to collaborate on economic reform.
President Pranab Mukherjee will need to approve the ordinance before it becomes law.
Later, speaking to television channel NDTV, Mukherjee indicated that the government would flag off disinvestment after the market improved.
And no Congress politician seems so deserving of the honour as Mr Mukherjee.
This July, the Congress party's candidate, former Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, was declared the country's president, a largely ceremonial position.
Ms Gillard is also expected to hold meetings with Indian President Pranab Mukherjee and senior government ministers in Delhi on Wednesday.
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President Pranab Mukherjee watched the rocket carrying the seven satellites take off from Sriharikota launch centre in southern Andhra Pradesh state.
President Pranab Mukherjee's dismissal of their mercy petitions came just days after he rejected clemency for a Kashmiri man, Afzal Guru.
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President Pranab Mukherjee's reported dismissal of the mercy petitions comes just days after he rejected clemency for a Kashmiri man, Afzal Guru.
Nor does the 76-year-old Mr Mukherjee, though sprightly, make a convincing leader.
Before Mukherjee, Doug Moore, a former Circuit City executive, held the post.
Mr Mukherjee, the government's wiliest political fixer, thus deserves a little patience.
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