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Prez poll on July 17: Kovind has edge over Meira
Posted On Jul 17 2017
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Is that Ram Nath Kovind or Meira Kumar?
Kovind, 72, if elected, will be the second Dalit President after KR Narayanan. The citizens of have started interpreting the photo in their own way.
The party yesterday conducted a meeting of its MLAs to familiarise them with the voting procedure. Another MLA Rajballabh Yadav, who is presently lodged in Biharsharif jail is also likely to cast his vote with permission from court. President Pranab Mukherjee’s term is expiring on July 25.
Mishra informed that a total of 717 MPs and five MLAs were supposed to vote in Parliament House. All the ballot boxes will be brought to Delhi after the election and the counting will happen on 20th of this month.
Voting is being held in India to elect a new president.
Since, Monday morning (10 am) today, 4120 Members of Legislative Assembly and 776 Members of Parliament are one by one going to cast their vote in a secret ballot at the Parliament.
A day before voting in the presidential election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said NDA’s nominee Ram Nath Kovind has the support of 40 parties and expressed confidence about his victory.
A total of 95 candidates filed nominations for the top Constitutional post, of which 93 were rejected on various grounds, leaving only Kovind and Kumar in the fray, said a report in The Indian Express.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi voting during the presidential election. The BJP and allies have well over 60 per cent of the vote, notes NDTV.
He was serving as governor of Bihar from August 2015 when he was announced as the BJP’s presidential candidate.
While speaking to a leading daily, NCP leader, Majeed Memon said that Kovind is not at all a known person and also he has not done any work. With around 70% of required votes in favour of Kovind, the BJP exuded with confidence even as the opposition called the poll a “clash of ideologies'”.
In a bid to ensure maximum polling, the Election Commission has allowed 14 Rajya Sabha members and 41 Lok Sabha members to exercise their franchise at a polling booth of their choice.
