<div align="justify">Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was not present when Meira Kumar filed her nomination for Presidential polls but tweeted his praise for her from abroad.<br /> <br />"Against the ideology of divisiveness. She represents the values that bind us as a nation and people. Proud to have Meira Kumarji as our candidate," he tweeted.<br /> <br />Gandhi has left for Italy a fortnight ago to be part of his ailing grandmother amid crucial discussion among Opposition parties on presidential elections. On June 13 he tweeted, "will be travelling to meet my grandmother & family for a few days. Looking forward to spending some time with them!"<br /> <br />Though the younger Gandhi was absent, his mother and Congress president Sonia Gandhi led leaders from 16 other parties to accompany Kumar while filing nominations.<br /> <br />Besides Sonia, those who signed as proposers in the nomination papers include former Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and H D Devegowda (JD-S), Sharad Pawar (NCP), Mayawati (BSP), Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M), Derek O'Brien (Trinamool Congres), Ram Gopal Yadav (SP), D Raja (CPI) and Kanimozhi (DMK).<br /> <br />Omar Abdullah (National Conference), Hemant Soren (JMM), Jai Prakash Yadav (RJD), Jose K Mani, (Kerala Congress-M), N K Premachandran (RSP), Hafiz Bashir Ahmed (AIUDF), PK Kunhalikutty (Muslim League) and Congress leaders Ghulam N Azad, Mallikarjun Kharge and Ahmed Patel. Congress Chief Ministers Siddaramaiah (Karnataka), Amarinder Singh (Punjab), Virbhadra Singh (Himachal Pradesh, Mukul Sangma (Meghalaya), Lal Thanhawla (Mizoram) and V Narayanasamy (Puducherry)<br /><br /></div>
<div align="justify">Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi was not present when Meira Kumar filed her nomination for Presidential polls but tweeted his praise for her from abroad.<br /> <br />"Against the ideology of divisiveness. She represents the values that bind us as a nation and people. Proud to have Meira Kumarji as our candidate," he tweeted.<br /> <br />Gandhi has left for Italy a fortnight ago to be part of his ailing grandmother amid crucial discussion among Opposition parties on presidential elections. On June 13 he tweeted, "will be travelling to meet my grandmother & family for a few days. Looking forward to spending some time with them!"<br /> <br />Though the younger Gandhi was absent, his mother and Congress president Sonia Gandhi led leaders from 16 other parties to accompany Kumar while filing nominations.<br /> <br />Besides Sonia, those who signed as proposers in the nomination papers include former Prime Ministers Manmohan Singh and H D Devegowda (JD-S), Sharad Pawar (NCP), Mayawati (BSP), Sitaram Yechury (CPI-M), Derek O'Brien (Trinamool Congres), Ram Gopal Yadav (SP), D Raja (CPI) and Kanimozhi (DMK).<br /> <br />Omar Abdullah (National Conference), Hemant Soren (JMM), Jai Prakash Yadav (RJD), Jose K Mani, (Kerala Congress-M), N K Premachandran (RSP), Hafiz Bashir Ahmed (AIUDF), PK Kunhalikutty (Muslim League) and Congress leaders Ghulam N Azad, Mallikarjun Kharge and Ahmed Patel. Congress Chief Ministers Siddaramaiah (Karnataka), Amarinder Singh (Punjab), Virbhadra Singh (Himachal Pradesh, Mukul Sangma (Meghalaya), Lal Thanhawla (Mizoram) and V Narayanasamy (Puducherry)<br /><br /></div>
