President might choose

The power of the President will come to light. The way things are turning out, it looks like we will see a hung parliament and Pratibha Patil might have to ask parties for letters of support from their allies before inviting one of them to form a government.It may be recalled that former president KR Narayanan in 1998 and 1999 had not gone by the rule of inviting the single largest party to form the government but instead asked the parties to show how they would muster a majority in Parliament with letters of support.
Sources reveal that Patil has begun consulting legal experts on government formation and is likely to ask the parties to obtain letters of support from their allies. The President is even looking at possibilies of stability in inviting party or alliance to form the next government.