Ram nath kovind as BJP's candidate for Presidential election

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In a surprise turn of events,the Bhartiya Janta Party proposed the name of Bihar Governor Ram Nath kovind as their candidate for the upcoming Presidential election.

Seventy-year-old kovind is a dalit leader from Kanpur.

The party's parliamentary board met on Monday to discuss the names for the election.Prime minister chaired the meeting and the BJP chief Amit shah and union ministers Rajnath singh, Arun jaitley, Venkaiah naidu, Sushma swaraj and Nitin gadkari were among those in attendance.

 Earlier,the party constituted a three-member team pick a candidate for the election.Venkaiah naidu and Venkaiah naidu and Rajnath singh,who are apart of the team,met opposition leaders to discuss the issue.The BJP has also reached out to their ally at the centre,Shiv Sena.

Opposition parties were.however, noncommittal on the issue as the BJP team did nit make any names with them.Ruling out support for a candidate with a hindutva background,the board consensus among the opposition is that the candidate must have strong liberal and secular credentials.

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