Presidential Election 2017: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated NDA presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind "in advance" and assured him of his government's support, a day before the election to the top constitutional post
MPs and MLAs will vote in the presidential election 2017 tomorrow where NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind is pitted against opposition nominee Meira Kumar.
Ram Nath Kovind's last stop of the campaign was Gandhinagar where he met BJP MLAs and MPs from Gujarat.
Union minister Nitin Gadkari today said NDA's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind will get more than 70 per cent vote share in the July 17 election.
The BJD had announced its support for Kovind even though the party's president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had in the past dubbed the BJP as "communal" and even severed his party's ties with it prior to the 2009 general elections.
BJP sources said they are confident that Kovind will get over two-thirds votes in his contest against the opposition candidate Meira Kumar.
Kovind, who landed at the Raja Bhoj airport by a special flight, was accorded a warm welcome by the ruling BJP at the state government's dedicated hangar at the airport.
The presidential election is scheduled to be held on July 17 and the counting of votes will be taken up on July 20.
While the ruling Meghalaya United Alliance has 44 members including 11 Independents, two other Independents are in the opposition.
Campaigning in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Kovind appealed to all members of the presidential election collegium to support his candidature.
Describing the Constitution as "Gita, Quran, Ramayan and Bible" all rolled into one, NDA presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind today said he would always strive to maintain its supremacy after he is elected to the post.
Stating that he is not associated with any political party, Kovind appealed to all members of the presidential election collegiums to support his candidature.
Kovind (71), a low profile Dalit leader from Kanpur Dehat, is seen as an astute choice by the NDA, which has been targeted by opposition parties over Dalit issues.
All six independent members in the Rajya Sabha are likely to vote for the NDA's presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind.
The internal bickering in the SP, some of whose MLAs owe allegiance to Mulayam and Shivpal, coupled with the fact that Kovind is a son of the soil could nudge a section of its lawmakers to vote for him.
Opposition's presidential nominee Meira Kumar today said she was not a scapegoat as anybody fighting for an ideology cannot be a scapegoat.
The presidential election will be held on July 17. Results will be declared on July 20. The tenure of incumbent President Pranab Mukherjee ends on July 24.
The five-time Lok Sabha MP, who hails from Bihar’s Sasaram, and former Lok Sabha Speaker visited Sabarmati Ashram to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi. She tried her hand at spinning the 'charkha'.
Kovind will be in Chennai on July 1, where he will meet both the factions of the AIADMK, the ruling party in Tamil Nadu, separately.
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