All eyes on Nitish who in 2012, whereas he was in NDA, voted for UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee and, in 2017 whereas he was in alliance with RJD, voted for Ramnath Kovind
All eyes on Nitish who in 2012, whereas he was in NDA, voted for UPA candidate Pranab Mukherjee and, in 2017 whereas he was in alliance with RJD, voted for Ramnath Kovind
The Opposition events are relying on making the sixteenth Presidential election a detailed contest. By nominating Yashwant Sinha as their candidate, the Opposition is now hoping to deliver Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United) onto their facet, to make the battle barely extra even. Over the final many weeks, the JD(U) and the BJP have been at one another’s throats, and the newest level of friction is the federal government’s new army recruitment scheme Agnipath.
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Nitish Kumar has a curious historical past in Presidential elections. In 2012, when he was a part of the NDA alliance, he had voted in favour of the UPA nominee Pranab Mukerjee. And in 2017, whereas he was in a mahagatbandhan with the RJD, he voted for NDA nominee Ramnath Kovind. Just weeks after Mr. Kovind was elected, Mr. Kumar had walked out of the grand alliance and returning to the NDA. In holding with this pattern, the opposition events are hoping that Mr. Kumar, to ship out a message to BJP, with whom he has had an uneasy relationship for the reason that Bihar 2020 Assembly outcomes, may vote with them. The JD(U) leaders stay tight-lipped in regards to the occasion’s voting desire. The JDU (United) has 22,769 votes which can push the Opposition tally previous the 4.5 lakh mark.
Only Members of Parliament and Members of State Legislative Assemblies can vote on this election. The worth of a vote for each MP is 700 and for every MLA, the worth varies in line with the power of the inhabitants they symbolize.
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Presidential polls most of the time are fastened matches the place the result’s recognized even earlier than the sport begins. The finest guess for the Opposition is to make it a troublesome contest by narrowing the federal government’s victory margin and giving them a number of anxious moments.
The method the numbers are stacked at current, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance has shut to five.23 lakh votes within the electoral school of over 10 lakh votes and is wanting almost 20,000 votes from the bulk mark. They are hoping to make up for this distinction with the help of the Biju Janta Dal which has 31,705 votes and the YSR Congress which has 45,798 votes.
“It is a much closer fight than people assume it to be. And it won’t be a cakewalk for the government,” Congress common secretary (Communication) Jairam Ramesh advised The Hindu.
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Eleven Opposition events (the Congress, the Trinamool Congress, the DMK, the Shiv Sena, the NCP, the Samajwadi Party, the Rashtriya Janata Dal, the AIMIM, the JMM, the National Conference, the AIUDF ) and the Left entrance collectively have 3.8 lakh votes. If the Telangana Rashtra Samithi and the Aam Aadmi Party have been to increase help to Mr. Sinha — this quantity will go as much as 4.26 lakh. The Opposition is relying on the help of many different smaller events taking the quantity nearer to the NDA tally.
In 2017, Opposition candidate Meira Kumar who fought towards the incumbent President Ramnath Kovind, received 3.67 lakh votes which was the very best votes polled by a shedding candidate, breaking a 50-year-record.
Source: www.thehindu.com
