Although Ram Nath Kovind, the ruling NDA’s candidate has won the presidential poll comfortably, his vote share is the lowest since 1974, show figures. Kovind got 2930 votes with a value of 7,02,044, while his competitor Meira Kumar, the joint opposition candidate, secured 1844 votes with a value of 3,67,314.[Read More…]
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Shatrughan Sinha forwards L K Advani’s name as the presidential candidate
Soon after BJP president, Amit Shah formed the three-minister panel to discuss possible candidates for presidential election, actor-turned-politician and Patna Sahib MP Shatrughan Sinha on Tuesday forwarded the party’s patriarch L K Advani’s name for the ruling alliance’s presidential candidate. “As the D-day for the Presidential election draws close, I[Read More…]
Presidential poll: Mamata Banerjee met Sonia Gandhi; favors Opposition consensus on candidate
West Bengal Chief Mamata Banerjee met Congress President Sonia Gandhi on late Tuesday night with a purpose to field a joint candidate for the upcoming Presidential poll. The 40-minute long meeting also saw the presence of Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi. “We want the entire Opposition to get together and[Read More…]
Presidential poll: Sonia Gandhi to meet Mamata Banerjee on May 16
Congress president Sonia Gandhi will meet West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on May 16, in a bid to discuss the presidential poll strategy. Significantly, Mamata’s Trinamool Congress will play a crucial role in upcoming presidential election with a total of 49 MPs in both houses and 184 MLAs. Thus,[Read More…]