Kharge seeks time from Modi to explain Congress ‘Nyay Patra’
In the letter, the Congress president pointed out to the prime minister that he was being “misinformed” about things that are not even written in the party’s manifesto.
On the day opposition’s candidate Meira Kumar filed her nomination for the July 17 presidential election, she said from this day, her fight for ideology starts.
“From today our fight for ideology starts,” Meira said after filing her nomination.
Opposition leaders, including former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, NCP chief Sharad Pawar, BSP leader Satish Chandra Mishra, CPI-M General Secretary Sitaram Yechury, CPI leader D Raja and TMC leader Derek O'Brien were present when Meira filed the nomination.
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Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh, Puducherry Chief Minister V Narayanasamy and Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah were also present.
Meanwhile, Congress President Sonia Gandhi said: "For us it's a battle of ideology, principles and truth and we will fight it.
Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi said Kumar represents the values that bind us as a nation and people. "Proud to have @meira_kumar ji as our candidate," he tweeted.
Before reaching the Parliament, Meira Kumar visited Raj Ghat and Samta Sthal, memorial of Mahatma Gandhi and her father Babu Jagjivan Ram, respectively.
Kumar, 75, is the joint opposition candidate of 17 non-NDA parties against the ruling dispensation's nominee Ram Nath Kovind.
Kumar will launch her campaign from Sabarmati on Wednesday. "I will face presidential polls on plank of democratic values, inclusiveness, end of poverty, destruction of caste structure," she had said while addressing the media on Tuesday.
(With inputs from agencies)
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