New Delhi: India’s next president may emerge from the Dalit caste – a community so marginalised they were once known as “untouchables” – with the possible victory of the ruling party candidate set to strengthen Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s grip on power.
Ram Nath Kovind, 71, is a hot favourite to be elected tomorrow by national and state lawmakers to become titular head of state as the candidate of Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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