Meira Kumar files nomination papers for Presidential Election

New Delhi, June 28 : Meira Kumar, the Opposition nominee for the Presidential Election 2017, filed her nomination papers on Wednesday morning at the Parliament House in New Delhi in the presence of Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, Ajay Maken and Opposition leaders. CPM leader Sitaram Yechury and TMC’s Derek O’Brien were also be present as Kumar filed her nomination papers. The Presidential Election are scheduled to be held on July 17. On Sunday, Meira Kumar had appealed to members of the electoral college to “heed the inner voice of conscience” while casting their votes in the July 17 election and said the President’s office “cannot function to serve narrow political interests”. She debuted on the micro-blogging website Twitter on Monday.