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Kovind files papers for Prez election
NDA\'s presidential election nominee Ram Nath Kovind on Friday filed his nomination papers as the BJP-led NDA took the opportunity to show its might.
New Delhi: NDA's presidential election nominee Ram Nath Kovind on Friday filed his nomination papers as the BJP-led NDA took the opportunity to show its might.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and several top leaders of the BJP, including party president Amit Shah, accompanied Kovind as he filed the nomination papers.
The battery of leaders was present, including Chief Ministers of BJP/NDA-ruled states and also the party chiefs of the alliance partners.
"I am thankful to all those who have supported me, will try to maintain the dignity of the post," Kovind said after filing his nomination papers. He said, "I believe that the office of President should be above party and politics."
Kovind filed three sets of nomination papers on Friday.
Another set of nomination papers will be filed on the last day of filing nominations for the presidential election 2017.
Every set of nomination papers has been signed by 60 leaders as proposers and 60 as seconders.
Total 120 signatures have been put on each set of nomination papers for Kovind. This means 480 MPs/MLAs have signed the nomination papers of Ram Nath Kovind.
Besides the NDA's constituents, which comprise over 48.6 per cent of votes in the electoral college that will elect the next President, regional parties such as the AIADMK, BJD, TRS and JD(U) have announced their support to the Dalit leader, making his win an almost foregone conclusion.
As per the existing political equation, Kovind is guaranteed to get more than 61 per cent of the vote, and the final tally may increase depending on how some still-undecided regional parties vote, BJP sources said.
The Opposition parties had on Thursday announced that former Speaker Meira Kumar would be their joint candidate against Kovind. Meira Kumar will file her nomination papers on June 27.
