Ahmedabad: Meira Kumar, the opposition's presidential candidate, will launch her campaign from the Sabarmati Ashram in Ahmedabad on Friday in the presence of Gujarat Congress leaders.

File image of Meira Kumar. Reuters

Kumar, who arrived in Ahmedabad on Thursday evening, would visit the ashram at around 9.30 am and then meet the Congress MLAs at the party headquarters in the Paldi area, said Gujarat Congress spokesperson Himanshu Patel.

Sabarmati Ashram was home to Mahatma Gandhi from 1917 to 1930.

Upon her arrival at the airport in Ahmedabad, Kumar, who will contest against NDA nominee Ram Nath Kovind in the 17 July presidential poll, said it was a "battle of ideologies" and not a "Dalit versus Dalit" fight.

"Attempts are being made by some to project the election as a Dalit versus Dalit fight. It was from Gujarat that the ideology of Gandhiji spread across the country and world. That is why I have come here to make the people realise that we fight for our ideologies," she told reporters.

After meeting the Congress MLAs on Friday, Kumar will interact with the media in the afternoon, said Patel.

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