Congress-led opposition’s presidential nominee Meira Kumar will visit Chandigarh on July 9 to seek support from Congress MPs and MlAs of Haryana and Punjab.
The former lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, who the opposition has chosen to take on NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind in the presidential polls, will visit the city as part of her campaign for the July 17 election.
Haryana Congress chief Ashok Tanwar, while talking to the mediapersons on Thursday said that Meira Kumar will visit Chandigarh on July 9 and will hold a meeting with MPs and MlAs from Haryana and Punjab.
In the 90-member Haryana assembly, the Congress has 17 members. Congress has two Rajya Sabha members and one lok Sabha MP from Haryana.
The party has 77 MlAs in the 117-member Punjab assembly. While Congress has four MPs in lok Sabha, there are three party MPs in Rajya Sabha from Punjab.
Earlier on June 29, NDA presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind had visited Chandigarh to seek support of BJP MPs and MlAs in Punjab and Haryana. Haryana’s main opposition party, Indian National lok Dal had also extended its support to Kovind during his visit to the city.