Presidentialelections2017

Legislators and parliamentarians will vote to elect India's next president today. NDA's nominee Ram Nath Kovind is locked up in a straight fight with Opposition's Meira Kumar in what is billed as a 'Dalit vs Dalit' contest.

Legislators and parliamentarians who will vote to elect the country's next President cannot carry their personal pens into the voting room, the Election Commission or EC said.

NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind wrapped up his nationwide tour on Saturday to seek support for the July 17 Presidential elections where he is nominated against the Congress-led combined opposition nominee Meira Kumar.

As part of their campaign for the presidential and vice presidential elections, opposition's candidates Meira Kumar and Gopalkrishna Gandhi would hold an interactive session with MPs of 18 non-NDA parties on Sunday.

NDA's presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind will visit Gujarat today as part of his nation-wide tour to seek support from elected representatives.

The National Democratic Alliance's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind today said the President's post is above party politics as it is the highest constitutional post of the country

Congress sought support for Meira Kumar from TRS recalling she was the Lok Sabha Speaker when Telangana was formed.

The opposition's Presidential candidate Meira Kumar today asked all lawmakers -- MLAs and MPs -- from Tamil Nadu to listen to their "inner voice" when they cast their vote in the presidential election.

Ram Nath Kovind, fielded by the ruling BJP-led national alliance, today filed nomination papers for President at Parliament House. In a big show of strength, BJP chief Amit Shah, top ministers and other leaders from the BJP and allied parties have reached and are now waiting for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to arrive.

After announcing that Meira Kumar, a Dalit woman and former Lok Sabha Speaker, will be its candidate for President of India, the opposition made its next big move: it asked Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Minister, to return to the fold.

Sushil Modi, the BJP's most senior leader in Bihar today told NDTV that leaders from within Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's government had helped him expose what he has alleged are corrupt land deals worth hundreds of crores by Lalu Yadav and his family. Lalu Yadav is Nitish Kumar's ally and his two sons are ministers in the Bihar government.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday announced that he will back the BJP nominee for President, Ram Nath Kovind. His decision has been a huge setback for the opposition parties who have been in discussion with Congress vice president Sonia Gandhi to field a joint candidate for the Presidential polls that are scheduled to take place on July 1...

After Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami pledged the support of his faction of the AIADMK to Ram Nath Kovind, the BJP's nominee for President, O Panneerselvam of the rival faction has done the same this morning. The full AIADMK is on board with the BJP.

The Opposition move to field a joint candidate to take on the ruling BJP's nominee for President began in April, after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Congress president Sonia Gandhi in Delhi and urged her to lead the initiative. Mr Kumar's decision to back Ram Nath Kovind, the candidate picked by the Narendra Modi government for President, t...

An election to choose the next President of India appears inevitable as the initial round of talks between the BJP and the opposition is about to end. A consensus candidate appears elusive - with the BJP yet to name its candidate and most of the opposition parties insisting that they can only come to decision when a name is announced.

Legislators and parliamentarians will vote to elect India's next president today. NDA's nominee Ram Nath Kovind is locked up in a straight fight with Opposition's Meira Kumar in what is billed as a 'Dalit vs Dalit' contest.

Legislators and parliamentarians who will vote to elect the country's next President cannot carry their personal pens into the voting room, the Election Commission or EC said.

NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind wrapped up his nationwide tour on Saturday to seek support for the July 17 Presidential elections where he is nominated against the Congress-led combined opposition nominee Meira Kumar.

As part of their campaign for the presidential and vice presidential elections, opposition's candidates Meira Kumar and Gopalkrishna Gandhi would hold an interactive session with MPs of 18 non-NDA parties on Sunday.

NDA's presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind will visit Gujarat today as part of his nation-wide tour to seek support from elected representatives.

The National Democratic Alliance's presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind today said the President's post is above party politics as it is the highest constitutional post of the country

Congress sought support for Meira Kumar from TRS recalling she was the Lok Sabha Speaker when Telangana was formed.

The opposition's Presidential candidate Meira Kumar today asked all lawmakers -- MLAs and MPs -- from Tamil Nadu to listen to their "inner voice" when they cast their vote in the presidential election.

Ram Nath Kovind, fielded by the ruling BJP-led national alliance, today filed nomination papers for President at Parliament House. In a big show of strength, BJP chief Amit Shah, top ministers and other leaders from the BJP and allied parties have reached and are now waiting for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to arrive.

After announcing that Meira Kumar, a Dalit woman and former Lok Sabha Speaker, will be its candidate for President of India, the opposition made its next big move: it asked Nitish Kumar, Bihar Chief Minister, to return to the fold.

Sushil Modi, the BJP's most senior leader in Bihar today told NDTV that leaders from within Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's government had helped him expose what he has alleged are corrupt land deals worth hundreds of crores by Lalu Yadav and his family. Lalu Yadav is Nitish Kumar's ally and his two sons are ministers in the Bihar government.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar yesterday announced that he will back the BJP nominee for President, Ram Nath Kovind. His decision has been a huge setback for the opposition parties who have been in discussion with Congress vice president Sonia Gandhi to field a joint candidate for the Presidential polls that are scheduled to take place on July 1...

After Tamil Nadu Chief Minister E Palaniswami pledged the support of his faction of the AIADMK to Ram Nath Kovind, the BJP's nominee for President, O Panneerselvam of the rival faction has done the same this morning. The full AIADMK is on board with the BJP.

The Opposition move to field a joint candidate to take on the ruling BJP's nominee for President began in April, after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar met Congress president Sonia Gandhi in Delhi and urged her to lead the initiative. Mr Kumar's decision to back Ram Nath Kovind, the candidate picked by the Narendra Modi government for President, t...

An election to choose the next President of India appears inevitable as the initial round of talks between the BJP and the opposition is about to end. A consensus candidate appears elusive - with the BJP yet to name its candidate and most of the opposition parties insisting that they can only come to decision when a name is announced.