On Monday, BJP President Amit Shah announced Bihar governor Ram Nath Kovind as their party’s nominee for the post of President of India. Ironically, Kovind is the same man who was denied entry to the Presidential home less than a month back.
It was on May 30 that Kovind along with his family returned from the gates of the Retreat, the official residence of the President of India in Shimla. That day happened to be his marriage anniversary. Since Kovind happened to be in Shimla on the eve of his marriage anniversary, he wanted to call on the President at Retreat. It was an unscheduled visit.
Security personnel however had sent him back saying he did not have the requisite permission from the President’s office. Now, less than a month after that embarrassing incident, Kovind has been announced as the BJP-led NDA’s nominee to the post of President.
With the kind of majority NDA has, there is little doubt in Kovind becoming the next President. Thus, he may return to the same Retreat, where he was earlier denied to enter, in the authority as the new President of India.