Ahmedabad: Opposition candidate Meira Kumar on Friday launched her presidential election campaign from Mahatma Gandhi’s Sabarmati ashram here and said her fight is to take forward the ideology of the Father of the Nation. It was established by Mahatma Gandhi in 1917 and from here he led the Indian Independence movement. She will contest against National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) Ram Nath Kovind in the 17 July presidential election. We have to take forward the ideology of Gandhi,” Kumar said launching her campaign. She was chosen as the opposition’s nominee for the presidential election after NDA declared Kovind, a Dalit leader from Uttar Pradesh, as their candidate.

Source: Mint June 30, 2017 08:37 UTC