As examples she cited Pranab Mukherjee, LK Advani, Sushma Swaraj.There are other big Dalit leaders in India, she added.The surprise announcement of Ram Nath Kovind – Bihar Governor and a Dalit – as the Presidential candidate by the Narendra Modi government has drawn a “will get back” reaction from most opposition parties. Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, however, has been her outspoken self. Minutes after the NDA’s Presidential candidate was announced, the Chief Minister, who is on her way to Hague, responded with a series of reservations. The office of President is a key post and “someone of stature of Pranab Da, or even Sushma Swaraj or Advani-ji may have been made the candidate,” her party quoted her as saying in a series of tweets.
am not for a moment saying that the Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind is unfit to be the President,” said the Chief Minister, who had openly criticised the Central government on a number of issues. “I have spoken to two or three other Opposition leaders. They are also surprised. There are other big Dalit leaders in the country… He was leader of Dalit Morcha of BJP, so they have made him the candidate,” she added.