Here's all you need to know about the man who could be India's next president.
The former Bihar governor will be accompanied by senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader and Union minister Nitin Gadkari in the UP leg of the tour.
Construction work for Ram Temple at the disputed site in Ayodhya would start "soon" and be "completed during this tenure" of the present National Democratic Alliance government, controversial Vishwa Hindu Parishad leader Sadhvi Prachi said on Friday.
Shiv Sena said that Dalit Prez candidate has been chosen for vote-bank politics.
'...getting drenched in the rains, doing farm work, labour and sweating it out so that they can get their evening meals.' 'I want to tell them that this Ram Nath Kovind of Paraunkh village is going to Rashtrapati Bhavan as their representative.'
The president-elect has vast public, social, and political experience which will help him better to discharge his duty as the First Citizen of India.
PM said Kovind will make an 'exceptional President'.
Shah said that the BJP hoped the Dalit nominee would be unanimously selected as the President.
Ram Nath Kovind is the first Bharatiya Janata Party leader and second Dalit in Rashtrapati Bhavan.
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