UPA Presidential candidate Pranab Mukherjee is expected to file four sets of nomination papers on Thursday. These papers have been signed by top UPA leaders, including Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi. Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal told reporters in New Delhi on Wednesday that as many as 480 MPs and MLAs, including Union Ministers, Chief Ministers, Congress Legislature Party leaders and PCC chiefs are among the proposers and seconders of Mukherjee's nomination. He said that Mr Mukherjee will file his nomination papers at 11 AM tomorrow for the July 19 Presidential poll.

NDA Convenor and JD-U President Sharad Yadav is the first signatory on one set of nomination papers. Samajwadi Party Chief Mulayam Singh Yadav and BSP Supremo Mayawati have also signed the nomination papers. As a matter of abundant precaution, each set of nomination papers will have 60 proposers and 60 seconders against 50 proposers and 50 seconders required as per the election rules.