Meira Kumar meets Sonia

New Delhi June 21 (IANS) Former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar who is among the opposition s likely presidential candidates on Wednesday met Congress President Sonia Gandhi.

Her meeting with Gandhi came after the opposition suffered a big blow with JD-U deciding to back the NDA presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind.

There are speculations that the opposition parties may field Meira Kumar who is also a Dalit as their candidate in a bid to counter Kovind.

Her name was among the few apart from Sushil Kumar Shinde and Dalit icon B.R. Ambedkar s grandson Prakash Ambedkar which were earlier doing rounds as likely opposition nominee for the presidency.

The opposition parties will meet on Thursday to finalise their choice of candidate.

--IANS
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