'Why didn't Cong make Meira Kumar president when in power'

June 24, 2017 19:30

Union minister Bandaru Dattatreya today sought to know why the Congress did not make Babu Jagjivan Ram prime minister and his daughter Meira Kumar president when the party was in power.

Slamming the opposition for putting up Meira Kumar as their candidate for the upcoming presidential elections, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment said the Congress was trying to "politicise" the presidential elections.

"Ram Nath Kovind is the most apt candidate for the post of president. Congress should not have put up their candidate for the presidential elections.

"If they (Congress) really wanted to make Meira Kumar president, why did not they appoint her when they were in power? Why did they not make Jagjivan Ram prime minister of this country," Dattatreya said.

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