{"id":27481,"date":"2024-08-29T05:56:32","date_gmt":"2024-08-29T05:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entri.app\/question-answer\/who-was-elected-to-the-office-of-president-as-an-independent-candidate\/"},"modified":"2024-08-29T05:56:32","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T05:56:32","slug":"who-was-elected-to-the-office-of-president-as-an-independent-candidate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entri.app\/question-answer\/who-was-elected-to-the-office-of-president-as-an-independent-candidate\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was elected to the office of President as an independent candidate?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the presidential election of 1969, The All India Congress Committee decided to support Neelam Sanjiva Reddy as the presidential candidate. Giri, who was Vice President, resigned and decided to contest as an independent candidate. 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