Dinakaran had claimed the AIADMK needed the jailed party leader's approval for any presidential candidate they supported.
BJP's National Vice President Shyam Jaju told ANI that "today the Opposition seems a divided house as many opposition parties have extended support to Ram Nath Kovind". With possible support of JD-U, the vote share of NDA in the electoral college go up to nearly 63 per cent. The parties are now learnt to be veering towards fielding a strong Dalit candidate of their own to take on BJP's Kovind. He also said that the party's decision has been conveyed to Gandhi and Lalu Prasad, the chief of coalition partner RJD.
"I have informed of my decision to Bihar Chief Minister and JD (U) national president Nitish Kumar that he can not vote for Mr. Kovind as he is a BJP member", he said.
The much-vaunted opposition unity for the Presidential polls is likely to water down with more parties expected to join the ranks of JD (U) and BSP, which have tilted in favour of NDA nominee Ram Nath Kovind.
"I told Nitish Kumar it would be hard to support the BJP-led NDA nominee for the next president of India". He, however, said a detailed discussion would be held on the matter within the JD (U). Kovind, who is the Bihar Governor, was in town as guest of Himachal Pradesh Governor Acharya Devvrat between May 28 to 30 along with his wife and children.
In the process of nominations, the secretary general returning officer of Lok Sabha will be present.
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The court said the then president by agreeing for the transfer of the two required ratification by an Act of Parliament. Ablakwa who is also the Member of Parliament for North Tongu in the Volta region.
The Opposition is against Kovind's name being finalised for the post of President on grounds that they were not consulted prior to the announcement.
The Left parties, which were earlier garnering support for former West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishna Gandhi, are slated to meet on June 22.
The presidential election is slated for July 17 and the results are to be declared on July 20.
"There could not have been a better candidate than Meira Kumar for the post of President", Leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad said after the meeting.
"Let us see what comes out of the meeting", he added.
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