Was never in the running for President: Hamid Ansari in his memoirs
India | January 28, 2021 12:59 ISTFormer Vice President M. Hamid Ansari has stoutly denied that he was in the running for President to succeed Pratibha Patil, depreciating the "Byzantine" process that dragged his name into the picture -- and even played golf on the day the decision was to be announced.