The Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind has been yesterday declared as the candidate from the NDA for the upcoming Presidential elections. Yesterday, he met the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

PM Modi on Twitter posted picture of meeting with him where he wrote 'Met Shri Ram NathKovind'

"The Centre apprised the senior leaders, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh about the announcement over the phone after taking the decision. So there is no question of mutual consent. We didn't expect this from them," said senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad.

"If someone is trying to make a Dalit a President with the purpose of gaining a vote bank then we are not with them, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray said.

The West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said "I am not saying that the Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind is unfit to be the President. There are other big Dalit leaders in the country. Just because he was the leader of Dalit Morcha of BJP they have made him the candidate,"

For the President of India, the Presidential elections are scheduled to take place on July 17.

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