United Progressive Alliance's presidential nominee Meira Kumar on Sunday canvassed votes of Punjab and Haryana legislators for the July 17 election and said her fight is ideological."My fight is for ideology. I appeal to all MLAs and MPs to cast their votes...

United Progressive Alliance's (UPA) presidential candidate Meira Kumar here on Sunday said the ideologies and principles India believes in are in danger and once again urged for conscience votes in the July 17 poll for the country's top post.The former Lok...

Congress-led opposition Presidential nominee Meira Kumar on Saturday said her fight is for ideology and she strongly believes in the age-old Indian tradition of respecting one's own religion and other religions with the same zeal."Yeh vichardhara ki ladai hai, mere...

Hours before the Congress-led opposition's Presidential nominee Meira Kumar arrived here on Thursday on a three-day visit to seek support for her candidature, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar suddenly left for Rajgir.Meira Kumar was welcomed by state Congress President...

Stressing that presidential election is fought on ideologies, opposition's presidential candidate Meira Kumar on Wednesday said she is hopeful of support from the legislators of the northeastern states, irrespective of their party lines.Earlier in the day, the...

The Congress-led opposition's presidential nominee Meira Kumar on Wednesday stirred a controversy claiming that Meghalaya's opposition United Democratic Party (UDP) would be voting in her favour in the July 17 elections.But UDP chief Donkupar Roy, who is...

The Congress-led opposition's Presidential candidate Meira Kumar on Tuesday sought support from the legislators and members of Parliament of West Bengal's Trinamool Congress, Left and Congress parties."I have been given assurance that you are supporting...

Opposition presidential candidate Meira Kumar has written letters to all members of the electoral college, seeking their support in the July 17 election.She visited Hyderabad on Monday as part of her campaign. After garlanding the statue of her father Babu Jagjivan...

The opposition nominee for the President's post, Meira Kumar, on Sunday said the presidential election was a fight for ideologies and "we must fight for the most suppressed".The former Lok Sabha Speaker, who arrived here to campaign for the July 17 poll,...

Opposition candidate in presidential election Meira Kumar on Saturday appealed to Karnataka legislators to vote for her in the July 17 President's poll."As I am contesting for ideology and not power or prestige, it is important that you vote by your conscience...

Observing that India is at a crucial juncture today with prevalence of religious intolerance and narrow-mindedness, UPA's Presidential nominee Meira Kumar on Friday wondered why there is talk of only Dalit versus Dalit in the upcoming presidential election.She...

Opposition candidate Meira Kumar on Wednesday filed her nomination for the July 17 Presidential election, which she termed "a fight of ideology for democratic principles" and said she has appealed to members of the Electoral College to "listen to their conscience"...

The opposition's presidential candidate Meira Kumar on Wednesday said her ideology of inclusiveness and democratic values has an edge over the ideology represented by NDA nominee Ram Nath Kovind."It is not a personal fight. I have respect for my illustrious...

Opposition candidate Meira Kumar on Wednesday filed her nomination for the July 17 Presidential election.Opposition leaders, including from the Congress and Left, along with Meira Kumar assembled at Parliament's Gate Number 1 and later left for the Lok Sabha Secretary...

Congress-led opposition candidate Meira Kumar on Tuesday said the presidential election is being fought on the basis of ideology and not caste and expressed pain at only the caste of her and ruling NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind being discussed, but not their achievements...

Opposition candidate Meira Kumar on Tuesday wondered why caste should be an issue in the Presidential election, and lamented that for the first time caste was being made an issue in the election to the country's highest office.A day before she files her nomination...

Opposition candidate Meira Kumar on Tuesday said there should not be "one upmanship of caste" for the post of President and stressed that the July 17 election will be fought on the basis of ideology and not caste.Kumar lamented that for the first time caste was...

Meira Kumar, the opposition's presidential candidate, on Sunday appealed to members of the electoral college to "heed the inner voice of conscience" while casting their vote in the July 17 election as the President's office "cannot function to serve narrow...

Opposition candidate Meira Kumar on Friday stressed that the post of President of India is "not symbolic" and that "capability and experience must always supersede" every other consideration while choosing the person for the post.In a statement, Meira Kumar also...

Named on Thursday as the nominee of the major opposition parties for the July 17 presidential election, Meira Kumar is a senior Congress and Dalit leader with long and varied political experience and a strong proponent of social justice and social equity.Soft-Spoken,...