NEW DELHI: India’s next president will emerge from the Dalit caste—a community so marginalized they were once known as “untouchables”—with the victory of the ruling party candidate set to strengthen Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s grip on power.
Ram Nath Kovind, 71, is hot favorite to be elected Monday 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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