New Delhi : Opposition presidential candidate Meira Kumar today filed her nomination in the presence of top Congress and opposition leaders and said it marked the beginning of her "fight for ideology". Kumar, 72, who filed her papers with Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and former prime minister Manmohan Singh by her side, will launch her campaign from Sabarmati Ashram in Gujarat on June 30. Accompanying the former Lok Sabha speaker as she filed her nomination in Parliament House were a host of opposition leaders, including NCP's Sharad Pawar and CPI-M general secretary Sitaram Yechury.
Sonia Gandhi and other top Congress and other opposition leaders were amongst those who proposed and seconded her nomination. "I have filed my nomination papers as the opposition candidate for the presidential election. Along with Sonia Gandhi, leaders of 16 opposition parties were also present as were members of the electoral college. "From today, our fight of ideology has started. This ideology is based on democratic values, inclusiveness in society, freedom of the press and individuals, end of poverty, transparency and destruction of caste structure," she said after filing her papers. PTI
