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Kovind's name was a surprise to those who wanted somebody with a Hindutva image to be the candidate Politics News   : Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind, a Dalit leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), will be the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), and in all likelihood the next President of India. The BJP Parliamentary Board decided Kovind's candidature at its meeting on Monday. Kovind is widely respected among political circles for his integrity and people remember his family to have led an abstemious lifestyle during his political career, including when he was a Rajya Sabha member from 1994 to 2006. The BJP-led NDA has 48.6 per cent votes in the electoral college and has been promised support from regional parties like the Telangana Rashtra Samiti, YSR Congress Party, and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam. Also Read :   Why NDA chose Bihar Governor Kovind, a Dalit leader, as President nominee BJP chief Amit Sha...

'Hindu daughters' need protection and the only way to ensure that is to enforce a two-child policy for all religions, Union minister   Giriraj Singh   was reported as saying on Wednesday by The Indian Express. "Daughters will not be safe and might have to be kept under the veil, like in Pakistan,” said the Bharatiya Janata Party leader, according to the report. The minister of state for micro, small and medium enterprises was speaking at a cultural yatra in Bagaha, West Champaran, and, according to the report, various Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh workers were present in the audience. It would not be a stretch to say that Singh was specifically taking aim at the Muslim community, despite trying to couch his comment as something which should be applicable to all religions. The threat, in Singh's mind, emanates from one particular community. In his speech, Singh referred to seven districts in Bihar where "our" (Hindu) population has ostensibly ...