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Presidential polls: Meira Kumar is 'delighted,' 'grateful' over her nomination

New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar on Thursday expressed gratitude to the united Opposition after her name was announced as the Opposition's Presidential candidate, adding that she is grateful to the 17 parties, which chose her.

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Presidential polls: Meira Kumar is 'delighted,' 'grateful' over her nomination
New Delhi [India], June 22 (ANI): Former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar on Thursday expressed gratitude to the united Opposition after her name was announced as the Opposition's Presidential candidate, adding that she is grateful to the 17 parties, which chose her. Speaking to reporters here, Meira said, "I want to express my gratitude to the Congress President and all the 17 parties for selecting me. I am delighted over this unity which represents coming together of the forces that have strong ideological base. I am going to contest the election as their representative." Earlier in the day, Congress president Sonia Gandhi announced Meira as the Opposition' Presidential nominee. She further appealed to the other parties to support the decision. The Opposition - Congress and the Communist Party of India (CPI), and 15 other parties - decided to meet on Thursday to discuss the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) decision on Presidential nominee Ramnath Kovind. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had earlier said that the Opposition was a divided house over the Presidential elections as many of its partners have extended support to ruling NDA candidate. BJP president Amit Shah had announced the name of Kovind as NDA's consensus candidate for the post of Indian President. (ANI)

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