NDA`s Presidential nominee is Ram Nath Kovind |
The announcement by BJP President Amit Shah of Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind, 71, as the NDA`s presidential candidate, indicates that the party is trying to address a major concern in the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. The low profile Kovind, from the Koli community of Dalits in Kanpur Dehat district (UP), has been a practising advocate in Delhi. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha twice, in 1994 and in 2000. When Amit Shah became the BJP President he made him general secretary of the party before he was appointed Bihar governor by August 2015, months before the assembly elections. While practicing as an advocate in Delhi, Kovind was active in the BJP and closely associated with former UP chief minister Kalyan Singh who is presently Governor of Rajasthan. It was Kalyan Singh who had decided to send him to the Rajya Sabha in 1994. He has worked with former prime minister Morarji Bhai Desai as his OSD.
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