After the Bihar's current governor and Dalit leader Ram Nath Kovind has been nominated by the BJP, the Congress can now stand its own candidate in the presidential election.

Following the announcement of Kovind's name, Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad alleges that the BJP did not agree before declaring the name, while promised to do so.

Therefore, it is believed that in response to BJP's Dalit card, Congress will also bring Dalit leader in the presidential election.

According to sources, Congress can take former Lok Sabha Speaker Meera Kumar to contest the election for this post. Meera Kumar is the daughter of a big Dalit leader and former defense minister Jagjivan Ram. She has also been a Foreign Service Officer. Meera Kumar, who won the Lok Sabha election from Bihar's Sasaram, has been the speaker of the 15th Lok Sabha. She has the distinction of becoming the first woman speaker of the country.

Meera Kumar was born in Bhojpur district of Bihar. She is the daughter of former Deputy Prime Minister of India, Jagjivan Ram. Meera is Convent Eduated. Her education has happened in Dehradun, Jaipur and Delhi. She has done MA and LLB from Delhi's Indraprastha College and Miranda House. In 1970, she was selected for the Indian Foreign Service. After this she has served in many countries. She has been the Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment in Manmohan Singh Government of UPA-1. She has been a member of the 8th, 11th, 12th, 14th and 15th Lok Sabha.

Meera Kumar entered politics in the year 1985. At that time, she was contesting from Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh and defeated key Dalit leader and today's Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan and BSP supremo Mayawati. After this, she was elected MP from Karol Bagh of Delhi in the 8th, 11th and 12th Lok Sabha. In 1999, she was defeated by Karol Bagh. After this she shifted her father's traditional seat to Sasaram of Bihar from where she won the Lok Sabha election of 2004 and 2009. However, she had to face defeat in the 2014 elections. She defeated by the BJP's Chhedi Paswan with more than 63,000 votes.

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