President nominee Meira Kumar joins Twitter

New Delhi: Meira Kumar on Monday made her debut on social networking site Twitter, days after her nomination as the opposition presidential candidate. Kumar, who will file her nomination for the top constitutional post on Wednesday, made two posts on Twitter and had around a thousand followers by late this evening. “Eid Mubarak! Joy, peace and prosperity to all,” she said through her handle @meira_kumar, which is still to be verified for the blue-tick mark. In the other tweet, Kumar asked people to follow her on her official Facebook account for updates on the presidential election.