New Delhi: "I am feeling fantastic," quipped Presidential nominee A P J Abdul Kalam as he visited the main polling booth in Parliament House on July 15 and shook hands with ministers and MPs who had queued up to cast ballot in the Presidential election.

"I am facing an election, so I am naturally looking for victory," Kalam, whose candidature is backed by National Democratic Alliance (NDA) and virtually all Opposition barring Left parties, told reporters as he was escorted to the booth by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pramod Mahajan.

Wearing a blue shirt and a grey trouser, the eminent missile technologist posed for photographs and talked to reporters after spending over half-an-hour at the booth.

To repeated queries whether he was confident of winning the election against Left party nominee Lakshmi Sehgal, 71-year-old Kalam in a lighter vein said, "You have to ask the members who have to vote."

To a question on his hair-style, he said, "I do it every four months.... sometimes it goes up and sometimes it goes down."

During his stay at the booth, Kalam watched the polling process and was briefed by Rajya Sabha secretary general R C Tripathi, who is also the returning officer.

PTI