With the odds stacked against her, the Congress-led opposition's presidential candidate Meira Kumar today urged the members of the electoral college to heed their "voice of conscience" and vote for an ideology that binds India. Voting for the presidential poll began at 10 AM today and will continue till 5 PM. The results of the poll will be declared on July 20.
"Today is a very important day. Today, the collegium will take a decision and you all know I am a candidate in this contest to fight the battle of ideology," Kumar said. The former Lok Sabha speaker said that the ideology of "social justice, inclusiveness, secularism, transparency, freedom of expression and press, poverty alleviation and total destruction of caste system" binds India together.
It is very important that "we protect and preserve it", she said. Kumar said she has requested the members of the collegium to heed the "inner voice of their conscience" as it is "pure and powerful". PTI
