The freedom of the press is presently under grave threat, said Opposition presidential election nominee, Meira Kumar. “The presidential contest is one of ideology and not personality. I stand for certain issues such as freedom of expression, caste-based discrimination, and religious tolerance. I am fighting for you”, she told media in Bhopal.
Kumar also met Congress MLAs in the city and said, “I have appealed to the inner voice of everyone in the electorate to support me. This country has earlier seen an election based on the inner voice. Do not underestimate the power of the inner voice.”
The former Lok Sabha speaker also added that she had written to all members of the electoral college asking for their support.
Answering a question on whether both UPA and the NDA had played the Dalit card while naming their candidate, Kumar said that it was wrong to term the choice of contenders in such a way.
“The President’s image has immense moral authority”, she said.
Earlier, NDA’s Presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind met MLAs in Bhopal last week.
