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Springing
a surprise, the BJP on Monday named Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind, a Dalit and
a BJP leader, as the ruling NDA's candidate for the July 17 Presidential
election.
"We
have decided that Ram Nath Kovind will be the NDA Presidential candidate,"
Bharatiya Janata Party President Amit Shah said after a nearly two-hour meeting
here of the party's Parliamentary Board attended by Prime Minister Narendra
Modi and senior leaders.
He
said the BJP and the National Democratic Alliance had been discussing the
Presidential election for long. The Total
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"The
BJP also discussed the issue with all political parties and several sections of
the society. After this, a long list (of candidates) was prepared which was
discussed during the Parliamentary Board meeting," Shah told the media.
Kovind,
72, who emerged as the dark horse, is likely to file the nomination on June 23,
he said. If elected, he will be the second Indian President after K.R.
Narayanan to hail from the Dalit community. The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
The
earlier names which were doing the rounds for Presidency included External
Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.
While
all NDA allies have been informed of the BJP choice, Prime Minister Modi talked
to Congress President Sonia Gandhi, former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and
other leaders about the NDA choice, the BJP President said.
Modi
also spoke with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar (JD-U), Odisha Chief Minister
Naveen Patnaik (BJD), Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao (TRS) and
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu (TDP).
Senior
BJP leader M. Venkaiah Naidu spoke to party veterans L.K. Advani and Murli
Manohar Joshi. The Total Investment & Insurance
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"Ram
Nath comes from a Dalit family and has struggled a lot. We hope he will be the
unanimous candidate for the election," Shah said.
He
said Kovind had had a long innings in public life and fought for the cause of
Dalits and the poor. The Total Investment
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An
advocate by profession, Kovind was made the Governor of Bihar two years ago
after the NDA took power in the centre in May 2014.
He
once headed the BJP's Dalit wing. He was a member of the Rajya Sabha for 12
years and was a member of several parliamentary panels.
He
had practised law in both High Court and the Supreme Court.The Total Investment & Insurance Solutions
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