Former Bihar governor Ram Nath Kovind has been elected India’s 14th President, becoming the first person from the RSS to hold the office. He defeated the opposition’s candidate, former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar, winning close to 66% of the vote in a lopsided contest. Kovind is due to be sworn in on July 25. Cross-voting in the states Kovind benefited from cross-voting by legislators in four states, West Bengal, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Goa, and by MPs in both houses. BJP managers estimated that he picked up around 115 MLARead More