New Delhi sources have made a statement that BJP has called the NDA's candidate Ram Nath Kovind's win in the presidential election a truly historic win. But the former governor who will become the country's second Dalit President may not be the only one setting records.
Meira Kumar, the joint opposition's candidate, too has created one; she polled the highest votes by a losing candidate. According to sources, Ms Kumar, who had tried to turn the race to Rashtrapati Bhavan into a battle for ideology and not individuals, received 3.67 lakh votes out of 10.69 lakh valid votes polled.
Meira Kumar said Congress president Sonia Gandhi too reminded Mr. Kovind that the President was also the conscience keeper of the Constitution and the President of India enjoys a unique position as defender and protector of the Constitution, upholder of democratic traditions and as supreme commander of the Indian Armed Forces.
