Opposition’s Presidential candidate Meira Kumar succeeded to get support from principal Opposition party Jharkhand Mukti Morcha alongwith the State Congress and JVM MlAs after her meeting with prominent leaders of the JMM and Congress in Ranchi on Saturday.
Speaking to media persons after a meeting with Opposition leader in State Assembly Hemant Soren along with JMM and Congress legislators, Kumar said that her fight was not between two individuals but was of two ideologies. “We are fighting for the oppressed and the subjugated classes, whose voices are not being heard. We are also fighting against communalism. It’s a fight between two ideologies,” she said.
Kumar went on to add that she had personally written to all lawmakers of the country seeking their support for the poll and was expecting a reasonable response from the members of Electoral College.
Kumar, who landed here from, was welcomed by Congress leaders BK Hariprasad, JPCC president Sukhdeo Bhagat, ClP leader Alamgir Alam and others at the Ranchi Airport. She later went to meet JMM chief Shibu Soren at his residence and held a meeting with JMM and Congress legislators at Hemant Soren’s residence, where JMM and Congress MlAs pledged her support in the election.
JVM chief Babulal Marandi also talked to Kumar over phone and assured his party’s support to her for the poll, said party officials.
Nevertheless, the former lok Sabha Speaker avoided speaking about recent CBI raids on lalu Prasad Yadav’s residences. She said that lalu was against those who are against secularism and he has already pledged his party support to her.
Kumar also said that she has respect for NDA’s presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind at personal level. “He is a respected person,” she said.
JMM, Congress and JVM have 18, 6 and 2 legislators in the State Assembly respectively, while the RJD doesn’t have any MlA in the State. The BJP and AJSU party have 42 and 5 MlAs in the Assembly.