Patil will make a good President: Arjun

NEW DELHI: Dismissing BJP's charge that Pratibha Patil was the Presidential candidate evolved out of compulsion, Congress on Sunday said it was a "clear choice of UPA" and she will make a "very good" President.

"Its neither compulsion nor helplessness. It was a clear choice of the UPA and the Congress President," Arjun Singh, HRD Minister and senior party leader told reporters.

Talking to media after Patil paid a courtesy visit to him, he said, "She will make a very good President."

Incidentally, Singh's name was also doing the rounds as one of the prospective candidates.

The HRD Minister downplayed opposition's charge that UPA has not made a sincere effort for evolving consensus on the Presidential candidate.

"Consensus is good. But in politics it is rare to find consensus," he remarked.