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What India really wants to know: Ram Nath Kovind's caste

With highest Google search volume, query highlights India's obsession with caste

BJP leaders receive Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind with bouquets upon his arrival at the airport in New Delhi. Photo: PTI
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BJP leaders receive Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind with bouquets upon his arrival at the airport in New Delhi. Photo: PTI

BS Web Team New Delhi
Who is Ram Nath Kovind? That might have been the most obvious question after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced Kovind would be the National Democratic Alliance's (NDA's) nominee for the July 17 Presidential poll. The former Bihar governor (his resignation was accepted by the President earlier today) is not a well-known figure in Indian politics and it was quite natural for people to search about him on Google.

In no time, people came to know that he had been a two-time BJP MP in the Rajya Sabha, was born in Kanpur and was a lawyer who practised at Delhi High