“My choice was Kalam. I wanted a consensus among political parties over his name. But unfortunately, the UPA was stubbornly against it. Now we have to go with the NDA decision and support Bhairon Singh Shekhawat,” he said. Kumar even took a dig at the Left for using the terms “citizen and netizen” while speaking about Kalam’s popularity. He said Kalam was equally popular among urban and rural Indians.