Presidential election was never contested on ideology before: Meira Kumar

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) presidential candidate Meira Kumar had termed the ensuing election as “historic” as it was contested on ideology.
 

“Never before had the presidential election in India been contested on ideology,” she said after meeting the Congress MPs and MLAs in Raipur on Wednesday evening. 

Currently, Kumar is in Chhattisgarh as part of her campaign for the presidential election.
 

She underlined that secularism was under threat and the atrocities on Dalits and tribals had recently increased across the country. “To raise my voice against the atrocities, I am contesting the election,” the Opposition candidate for the top