Prez poll: Listen to inner voice while casting votes, says Meira Kumar

Kumar said she was honoured by the trust the 17 parties led by the Congress have show in her.

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BJP president Amit Shah has also set up a crack team to ensure that the NDA candidate wins with a huge margin.

17 opposition parties have fielded Kumar as their joint candidate in the presidential election against NDA's nominee Ram Nath Kovind.

UPA-led by Congress has nominated Meira Kumar against Ram Nath Kovind, BJP-led NDA's candidate for the polls.

Seventeen opposition parties have extended their support to Kumar.

Launching her presidential campaign from Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat, Meira Kumar said she wishes that people of Gujarat make progress.

Kumar will launch her campaign from the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad on June 30th.

The assurance of support was given to Ram Nath Kovind during a joint meeting with the MLAs of the PDP, the BJP and the Peoples Conference.

Congress president Sonia Gandhi said the Opposition was determined to fight the poll.

Rift is being speculated in the grand alliance after Lalu said that Nitish Kumar made a mistake by extending support to Kovind.