LUCKNOW:
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief
Mayawati on Thursday extended support to Opposition's candidate former
Lok Sabha
speaker
Meira Kumar for the President's post saying that she was a better candidate as compared to BJP nominee
Ram Nath Kovind who was more inclined towards RSS ideology.
“The Opposition's nominee for President's post Meira
Kumar
is more capable and popular than the NDA candidate,” she said moments after Kumar's candidature was announced. A statement issued by the BSP office in Lucknow said the party president had earlier said that BSP would not oppose Kovind’s candidature as he was a Dalit unless the opposition parties decide upon a better option. “Now that the opposition parties have proposed the name of Meira Kumar, the BSP will support her candidature,” Mayawati was quoted saying in the statement issued on Friday.
The Opposition parties, who met in New Delhi at the instance of the Congress chief
Sonia Gandhi earlier in the day, unanimously decided to field Meira Kumar as its joint candidate for the presidential election against Kovind. Representatives of all 17 who attended the meeting said they will support her candidature.
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