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The Opposition`s decision to put Meira Kumar against NDA`s Presidential candidate and former Bihar governor Ram Nath Kovind may have queered the pitch for chief minister Nitish Kumar, who broke away from Opposition ranks and backed Kovind earlier. Nitish`s choice was hinged on the premise that Kovind is the first governor of Bihar to be chosen for the supreme seat and a Dalit. By nominating Meira Kumar on RJD chief Lalu Prasad`s insistence, the Opposition has presented a logic which Kumar cannot dismiss: That Meira Kumar, the daughter of the famed Dalit leader Jagjivan Ram, who is as accomplished in governance as Kovind and more so a Bihari, was much more worthy of the CM`s support.
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