New Delhi: Former Bihar Governor and NDA nominee Ram Nath Kovind today filed his nomination papers for the Presidential elections here, in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and party veterans like L K Advani and Murli Manohor Joshi. Mr Kovind handed over his papers to the Lok Sabha Secretary General Anoop Mishra, who is the Returning Officer for this year's Presidential election, to be held on July 17.
Among others, BJP chief Amit Shah, Union Ministers Sushma Swaraj, Uma Bharti, M Venkaiah Naidu, Ananth Kumar, Nitin Gadkari and NDA leaders Parkash Singh Badal (Akali Dal), Ram Vilas Paswan (LJP), N Chandrababu Naidu (TDP) and AIADMK leader and Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker M Thambidurai were present on the occasion. (UNI)