NDA presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind to visit Chandigarh on June 29

Vibha Sharma

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, June 26

NDA’s presidential nominee Ram Nath Kovind will visit Chandigarh on June 29.

He will cover both Punjab and Haryana states during the visit. He will be accompanied by External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and party general secretary Anil Jain.

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He will visit the remaining states after June 30 when the GST is rolled out.

Party sources say the BJP leadership is in touch with INLD and Kovind will win will be “good” percentage.

Meanwhile, party MP Om Birla will also accompany Kovind to Chandigarh.

The BJP presidential candidate will file the fourth set of nomination papers on June 28. The papers will be filed on his behalf by Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu, who will also accompany him to Srinagar the same day.

Kovind is scheduled to meet Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti and PDP leaders on June 29.

For Punjab and Haryana the meeting will take place at Red Bishop, Panchkula.