Prez Polls: Meira Kumar rubbishes claims that she has been made ‘a scapegoat’ by the Congress

Meira Kumar, the opposition’s presidential nominee, today asserted that she was not a “scapegoat” in the upcoming election to the country’s top constitutional post as she was fighting for an ideology.

“Anybody fighting for an ideology and appealing to the voice of conscience cannot be a scapegoat. I am a fighter and I will fight and I am sure that many will join me in this fight,” she said in response to a question whether she was being made a scapegoat in the presidential election.


Union minister and Republican Party of India (RPI) leader Ramdas Athawale had yesterday taken a jibe at the Congress saying it was using Kumar as a “scapegoat” by fielding her as the opposition candidate in the July 17 presidential election.


Kumar, a former Lok Sabha speaker and the daughter of iconic Dalit leader Jagjivan Ram, was speaking to reporters after meeting the Congress MPs and MLAs at the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee office here.


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


To a question on her not having the support of enough lawmakers, Kumar said she was fighting the poll on values and principles which were “sacred” …read more