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Ram Nath Kovind Elected As India New President

Farouk Mohammed
By Farouk Mohammed
Published: July 20, 2017
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India on Thursday elected a new president from the minority of the Hindu caste system, only the second time since independence a head of state has been chosen from the marginalised group.

Ram Nath Kovind won the largely ceremonial position with more than 65 percent of the vote by members of India’s parliament and state assemblies, the election commission said.

The 71-year-old former lawyer and state governor from the downtrodden Dalit community was nominated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party for the post.

Analysts said the election of Kovind would help Modi tighten his grip on power and accrue political capital by sending an important message to the Dalits, a long-disdained electoral group once known as ”untouchables”.

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Kovind, in a sobering address after being declared president-elect, said it was an ”emotional moment”.

”It has been raining in Delhi since morning, and reminds me of my childhood in our ancestral village home, where we siblings used to huddle around the walls to avoid water from the leaking roof when it rained.

”Even today the country will have so many Ram Nath Kovinds working as daily wagers, farmers… sweating for their next meal. I want to tell them that I am going to the ‘President House’ as their representative,” he said.

Kovind will be sworn in as India’s 14th president on Tuesday, as Pranab Mukherjee’s five-year term draws to a close.

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India’s prime minister wields executive power, but the president can send back some parliamentary bills for reconsideration and also plays a guiding role in the process of forming governments.

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