Ram Nath Kovind: How social media reacted to NDA's Presidential candidate

Ram Nath Kovind, a lawyer by profession, began his career in 1971

Ram Nath Kovind. (Photo: Twitter)

Earlier today BJP named Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind, a Dalit and a BJP leader, as the ruling NDA's candidate for the July 17 Presidential election. The tenure of Pranab Mukherjee as the President of India will be over on July 24 and there was a lot of buzz surrounding the candidates in the reckoning for the position.
 

The names which were doing the rounds for Presidency included External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan. After much speculation and mystery, NDA today