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A contest for the post of the President looked inevitable with leading Opposition parties determined to field a candidate against Ram Nath Kovind despite cracks in their unity after Janata Dal (United) today decided to support the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate.
The Opposition candidate is also certain to be a Dalit, Opposition sources said. The name will be decided at Thursday's meeting of the Opposition parties, but former Lok Sabha speaker Meira Kumar, daughter of former deputy prime minister Jagjivan Ram, has emerged as the frontrunner.
Meira Kumar met Congress president Sonia Gandhi at the latter's 10, Janpath residence today. Other
