<p>Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will resign late afternoon today from his post to contest Presidential elections.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Mukherjee said he will submit his resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at around 1630 hrs. "I will put in my papers around 4.30 (pm). I will be leaving office around 4.30 (pm) and after meeting PM, I will be leaving for home," he told reporters outside his North Block office here.</p>
<p>Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will resign late afternoon today from his post to contest Presidential elections.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Mukherjee said he will submit his resignation to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at around 1630 hrs. "I will put in my papers around 4.30 (pm). I will be leaving office around 4.30 (pm) and after meeting PM, I will be leaving for home," he told reporters outside his North Block office here.</p>