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Meira Kumar to be Opposition's Presidential candidiate

  •   Thu, Jun 22 2017 05:50:35 PM

New Delhi, Jun 22 (Agencies): Former Lok Sabha speaker and senior Congress leader Meira Kumar has been selected as the opposition candidate for the upcoming Presidential polls. A crucial meeting held this evening in New Delhi zeroed Meira's name for the election of the India's first citizen post.

Meira Kumar will be contesting opposite NDA's nominee Ram Nath Kovind. More details are awaited.
  

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  • Aubb, Kuwait

    Sat, Jun 24 2017

    Who is (G)Kovind....???

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  • Leslie, udupi

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    This choice is the choice of people of India...
    Meera is the one for the job....
    Tremendous behaviour in parliament as speaker...
    She is the one to be elected as President....

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  • ACK, Mlore

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    Dear Mr Perinje

    Experienced parliamentarian na Electricity bill nanala Baaki unduge!!

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  • KRPrabhu, Bangalore

    Fri, Jun 23 2017

    Bait jaayiye.....bait jaayiye.....

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  • Sethu, Mangalore

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    A less controversial candidate could have been a better choice as prospective first citizen of the country. Many has not forgotten the details revealed by Directorate of Estates about the Rs 2 crore bill served to Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar for defaulting on rent for the unauthorised occupation of government bungalow at 6, KM Marg. RTI application by Subhash Chandra Agrawal has revealed that Ms Kumar had defied court order for 19 months, which directed her to vacate the bungalow. The court dismissed her appeal and gave her time to vacate the bungalow by 31st March 1990. Subsequently, the Cabinet Committee dubiously approved allotment of bungalow no. 6 at KM Marg in the name of late Indrani Devi with effect from 25th March 1990. However, Indrani Devi’s allotment was cancelled on 14th May 2002, one month after she expired. Efforts for evictions were started once again, but failed. When she was appointed Speaker, she was allotted another bungalow on Akbar Road. Though Cabinet decided on a complete ban on conversion of government bungalows to memorial sites, this bungalow housed Jagjivan Ram memorial. Ceasor's wife should be above suspicion. Congress has not changed and will not change!

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  • Suman, Mangalore

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    Again dynastic ...Congress should come out of its dynastic mentality.

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  • Harish, Kadaba

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    Pratibha patila got President post for cooking.

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  • prem, moodbidri

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    Do you know why Ram nath Kovind got Governor post?

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  • ISMAIL K, PERINJE

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    Experienced parliamentarian ,ex speaker,ex IAS officer and ex Cabinet minister and lastly not least she was daughter of freedom fighter and deputy PM of India Mr Jagjeevan ram.Apart from that she is women and Dalit .....MPs and MLAs need to give a thought for her....if Not GO(KO)VINDAAAAA.

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  • Sathish shetty, Mangalore

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    Why you want to curb Binaca smile.

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  • Langoolacharya., Belman/Wash DC.

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    Sonia-Rahul-Pawar(Padma Vibhushan awarded by Modi)-Mulayam-Lalu-Deve Gowda-Oscar-Moily-Siddu-Rai-Bangera votes are guaranted for Meira Kumar( defeated Lok Sabha MP of 2014!!!)....

    Fit candidate for CONgress...defeat is 100% guaranted....

    ...JH...

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  • John Tauro, M'luru / Kwt

    Fri, Jun 23 2017

    Her father, Jagjivan Ram was an opportunist. He remained silent during emergency days, but deserted Congress soon after elections were announced in 1977 and formed his own Congress for Democracy and later joined the Janata Govt. under Morarji Desai. This is how he became one of the longest serving cabinet ministers from the tenures of Nehru to Morarji Desai.

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  • flavian dsouza, chik/bengaluru

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    NDA did a blunder they should have consulted first which they did but without a name and next day they announce a candidate !!!!Cannot take any party for granted and why should you in democracy even one vote shopuld be treated with respect

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  • G R PRABHUJI, Mangalore

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    Good selection. I hope she will discharge her duties as per constitution.

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  • mahesh, Mangalore

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    What discharging of duties?
    She's not going to win anyway
    Even without nitish support, NDA had the numbers.

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  • HENRY MISQUITH, Bahrain

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    Best deserving candidate, Mahaan baap ki beti. Best of luck.

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  • Swamy, Mangalore

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    Meira Kumar is a known person and active senior politician. But this Kovind is not a known name and nobody knows his accomplishments.

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  • Troll, Udupi

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    Huchcha Venkat is very famous.May be he is right candidate for you.So people working silently have no value.It is very easy for privilged people to come up like
    IAS son IAS ,PMs son PM etc..A poor farmer's son came up by hard work ,has no value? you need not be famous to become President.But the character and integrity of the person is important and Kovind fits into that perfectly.Anyways the election is namesake and formality now.Meirakumar is scapegoat. If She is meritorious ,she should have been president 10 yera ago.Why not then?

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  • Elwyn Goveas, Valencia

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    Even out of power congress members are humble and peaceful.And every Indian is looking forward to hopes from congress to come out of this terrible mess by wrong voting.

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  • Mark Dcruz, Mangalore

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    Manse president of India .. Good choice!

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  • Ramesh S, MANGALORE

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    ..they know its a symbolic election, then why so much time they taken!!..its nonsense to say, let first Govt pick candidate then we will!!..if Govt picks Dalit, we will pick same, if Govt picks OBC,Minority then we will do the same..now Congress did the same, they chosen a Dalit..if they decided earlier, Nitish would have been a fix since she also from Bihar..but now Nitish already announced support..Congress just plays plain politics in everything..

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    Hum Kare Tho Chamatkar ...

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  • Bharath, Udupi

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    Not for 15 lakhs 😂😂😂

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  • S. M. Nawaz Kukkikatte, Dubai

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    Meera kumary much better to compare NDA rubberstamp candidate.
    Picking daliths candidate not only the solution for solving actual problem of dalths.

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  • Sathish shetty, Mangalore

    Thu, Jun 22 2017

    Prathiba patil is the best choice, Modi will be relieved from foreign travel , Raga will have be pleased.

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