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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday announced tribal leader Draupadi Murmu as the presidential candidate. She is likely to file her nomination for the upcoming Droupadi Murmu was awarded the ‘Nilakantha Award’ for the best MLA of the year in 2007. (File Photo/PTI) “Draupadi Murmu Ji has devoted her life to serving society and empowering the poor, downtrodden as well as the marginalised. She has rich administrative experience and had an outstanding gubernatorial tenure. I am confident she will be a great President of our nation,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a tweet. Murmu is the former governor of Jharkhand and her career spans over two decades. She is also a recipient of the best MLA of the year by the Odisha Legislative Assembly. Also Read | Here is all you need to know about the former Odisha minister: • Draupadi Murmu was born on June 20, 1958 in the Baldaposi village in the Kusumi block of Odisha’s Mayurbhanj, a district which has a 58 percent tribal population, the highest in Odisha. Her father, late Biranchi Narayan Tudu, was a farmer. She did her Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree from the Ramadevi Women’s College, Bhubaneswar, in 1979. She was married to Shyam Charan Murmu (late) and she has one daughter named Itishree Murmu. • She became the vice-chairperson of the Rairangpur NAC and the vice-president of the BJP’s state ST morcha in 1997. In 2000, she became the MLA from Rairangpur and was given the portfolio of minister of state in the Odisha governme...

By Express News Service VIJAYAWADA: The ruling YSRC will extend its support to NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu, who will file her nomination in New Delhi on Friday. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, as a matter of policy, has initiated several measures for empowerment of BCs, SCs, STs and women in the State. With the BJP-led NDA selecting a tribal woman as a presidential candidate, the Chief Minister has decided to support Murmu. Though YSRC senior leader and Rajya Sabha MP V Vijayasai Reddy on Thursday said it is for the party president Jagan Mohan Reddy to take a decision, he on Wednesday tweeted, “Hearty Congratulations to Smt Draupadi Murmu Ji on being nominated as a candidate for the Presidential Election by NDA. Hon’ble PM Sri @NarendraModi Ji rightly said that you will be a great President of our nation. Our best wishes to you, Madam.’’ YSRC sources said Jagan has decided to extend the party’s support to the NDA candidate to have cordial relations with the BJP-led Centre. YSRC leaders Vijayasai Reddy and PV Mithun Reddy will be present at the time of filing nomination by Murmu on Friday. Meanwhile, the Opposition TDP is yet to take a decision on extending its support to the NDA candidate, but it is likely to back Murmu. VIJAYAWADA: The ruling YSRC will extend its support to NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu, who will file her nomination in New Delhi on Friday. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy, as a matter of policy, has initiated several meas...

Endorsing tribal pride is also important for the BJP for its longer term political strategy for the 2024 general elections. The party has succeeded in taking along non-Jatav Dalits and non-Yadav OBCs in north India and would want to sway the SC, ST and OBC vote toward the saffron fold, dislodging the Congress as the traditional tribal vote bank. Announcing Murmu’s candidature, Nadda said, “Earlier, Union minister Rajnath Singh and I were discussing with political parties to have a consensus on the presidential candidate. But it didn't materialise. Now when the UPA has already announced the candidate in the parliamentary party meeting we also discussed our presidential candidate.” Murmu is pitted against UPA’s Yashwant Sinha, who parted ways with the BJP in 2018 after launching bitter criticism against PM Narendra Modi under whose leadership the one-time BJP heavyweight was sidelined, and retired into political wilderness until making a comeback ahead of the West Bengal Assembly elections in 2021 when he joined the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress. He has stepped down from his TMC role in order to contest the presidential polls. Yashwant Sinha has roots in Jharkhand and was a successful bureaucrat before taking a plunge into politics in 1984 on a Janata party ticket. His stellar political career, during which he served as Union Minister of Finance and External Affairs in the Vajpayee government between 1999 and 2004, eclipses Droupadi Murmu’s political trajectory, but...

After the Opposition, the ruling National Democratic Alliance also announced its candidate for the upcoming Presidential elections, on Tuesday. Addressing a press briefing, Bharatiya Janata Party's National President JP Nadda declared that Droupadi Murmu would be running in the race for the next President of India. Murmu's name was declared after multiple meetings, with the final one being held earlier in the day, in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Home Minister Amit Shah. In the meeting, 20 names were discussed. Who is Droupadi Murmu? Born on June 20, 1958, to Late Biranchi Narayan Tudu, in one of the most remote and underdeveloped districts of Odisha, Draupadi Murmu had a troubled childhood. Despite that, Murmu completed her education and kickstarted her professional career by serving as an Honorary Assistant teacher in Shri Aurobindo Integral Education Centre, Rairangpur, without a salary, from 1994-1997. In 1997, Murmu's stint in the political sphere began with her victory as a Councilor. Murmu was appointed the Vice-chairman of the Rairangpu National Advisory Council. Murmu was elected as a Member of Legislative Assembly on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket twice from the Rairangpur constituency, in 2000 and 2009. In 2007, she was awarded the 'Nilakanth Award for The Best MLA of the year 2007' by the Legislative Assembly of Odisha. During the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and BJP coalition government in Odisha, Murmu served as a minister in the Commerce and Tr...

Presidential polls: Yashwant Sinha to be joint opposition candidate The opposition parties on Tuesday announced that they have unanimously decided to field former Union minister Yashwant Sinha as their common candidate for the upcoming Presidential elections. The opposition parties, in a joint statement, appealed to BJP, its allies to support Yashwant Sinha as Prime Minister Narendra Modi affirmed that Murmu has "rich administrative experience" and that she would be a "great President". "Droupadi Murmu Ji has devoted her life to serving society and empowering the poor, downtrodden as well as the marginalised. She has rich administrative experience and had an outstanding gubernatorial tenure. I am confident she will be a great President of our nation," PM Modi said on Twitter. "Millions of people, especially those who have experienced poverty and faced hardships, derive great strength from the life of Droupadi Murmu Ji. Her understanding of policy matters and compassionate nature will greatly benefit our country," he added. Earlier today, the opposition parties announced that they have unanimously decided to field former Union minister Yashwant Sinha as their common candidate for Presidential elections. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, while reading out the joint opposition statement, said that the Modi government made no serious effort to have consensus on Presidential candidate. June 29 is the last date for candidates to file papers. Voting is scheduled for July 18 and coun...

By Ashok Singhal: Droupadi Murmu, former Jharkhand Governor, has been announced as the National Democratic Alliance's candidate for the presidential polls. Earlier in the day, Following the announcement of NDA’s presidential candidate, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, “Smt. Droupadi Murmu Ji has devoted her life to serving society and empowering the poor, downtrodden as well as the marginalised. She has rich administrative experience and had an outstanding gubernatorial tenure. I am confident she will be a great President of our nation.” “Millions of people, especially those who have experienced poverty and faced hardships, derive great strength from the life of Smt. Droupadi Murmu Ji. Her understanding of policy matters and compassionate nature will greatly benefit our country,” PM Modi added. Millions of people, especially those who have experienced poverty and faced hardships, derive great strength from the life of Smt. Droupadi Murmu Ji. Her understanding of policy matters and compassionate nature will greatly benefit our country. — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) WHO IS DROUPADI MURMU? Born in the Santhal community, Droupadi Murmu began her political career as a councillor in Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat in 1997 and rose through the ranks to become a minister in the Odisha government in 2000 and later the Governor of Jharkhand in 2015. NDA nominates tribal woman A two-term former MLA from Rairangpur, Droupadi Murmu held on to her assembly seat in 2009 when the BJD ha...

It’s careful business for the prime minister, who has the last word, to choose a presidential candidate in 2022. More so, with a desperately reduced Opposition, looking for a way back into the mainstream electoral game. With BJP holding 48 per cent of the presidential votes before the contest begins, its newly announced choice, the 1958-born Droupadi Murmu, former Governor in Jharkhand, is more or less a shoo in. Her candidature is likely to receive unstinted support from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), for Murmu hails from Odisha. In fact, it has already been welcomed by Naveen Patnaik, its chief minister. Others, such as the YSR Congress (YSRC), have been sounded out, and are also likely to vote alongside the BJP. President Murmu receives warm welcome by Serbian counterpart Vucic at Presidential Palace President Murmu highlights India-Serbia trade and investment potential at Business Forum in Belgrade The Opposition candidate, Yashwant Sinha, was prominent nearly two decades ago, during the Chandrashekhar and Vajpayee administrations, doing turns as Union finance minister, and also as external affairs minister. Later, Sinha fell out with the Modi administration, quitting the party in 2018, when it did not consider the elderly politician for any role in the party or government. Emerging now from membership in the Trinamool Congress (TMC), The 84-year-old Sinha is doomed to probable failure. This, in the absence of sufficient numbers, to elect him, or indeed a truly united oppo...

New Delhi: The BJP parliamentary board on Tuesday named Droupadi Murmu, a tribal leader of the party from Odisha, as the ruling NDA's candidate for the presidential election. BJP president J P Nadda announced her name at a press conference following a meeting of the party top brass. Murmu (64), a former Jharkhand governor, will be the first tribal woman to occupy the top constitutional post if she is elected, a strong possibility as numbers are stacked in the favour of the BJP-led NDA. I'm confident she will be a great President: Modi Soon after Droupadi Murmu was named as the BJP-led NDA's presidential candidate, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the former Jharkhand governor has devoted her life to serving society and expressed confidence that she will be a "great President". The BJP parliamentary board on Tuesday named Murmu, a tribal leader of the party from Odisha, as the ruling NDA's candidate for the presidential election. "Droupadi Murmu Ji has devoted her life to serving society and empowering the poor, downtrodden as well as the marginalised," Modi said on Twitter. She has rich administrative experience and had an outstanding gubernatorial tenure, he said. "I am confident she will be a great President of our nation," Modi said. The comments posted here/below/in the given space are not on behalf of Onmanorama. The person posting the comment will be in sole ownership of its responsibility. According to the central government's IT rules, obscene or offens...

New Delhi: The BJP parliamentary board on Tuesday named Droupadi Murmu, a tribal leader of the party from Odisha, as the ruling NDA's candidate for the presidential election. BJP president J P Nadda announced her name at a press conference following a meeting of the party top brass. Murmu (64), a former Jharkhand governor, will be the first tribal woman to occupy the top constitutional post if she is elected, a strong possibility as numbers are stacked in the favour of the BJP-led NDA. I'm confident she will be a great President: Modi Soon after Droupadi Murmu was named as the BJP-led NDA's presidential candidate, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the former Jharkhand governor has devoted her life to serving society and expressed confidence that she will be a "great President". The BJP parliamentary board on Tuesday named Murmu, a tribal leader of the party from Odisha, as the ruling NDA's candidate for the presidential election. "Droupadi Murmu Ji has devoted her life to serving society and empowering the poor, downtrodden as well as the marginalised," Modi said on Twitter. She has rich administrative experience and had an outstanding gubernatorial tenure, he said. "I am confident she will be a great President of our nation," Modi said. The comments posted here/below/in the given space are not on behalf of Onmanorama. The person posting the comment will be in sole ownership of its responsibility. According to the central government's IT rules, obscene or offens...

It’s careful business for the prime minister, who has the last word, to choose a presidential candidate in 2022. More so, with a desperately reduced Opposition, looking for a way back into the mainstream electoral game. With BJP holding 48 per cent of the presidential votes before the contest begins, its newly announced choice, the 1958-born Droupadi Murmu, former Governor in Jharkhand, is more or less a shoo in. Her candidature is likely to receive unstinted support from the Biju Janata Dal (BJD), for Murmu hails from Odisha. In fact, it has already been welcomed by Naveen Patnaik, its chief minister. Others, such as the YSR Congress (YSRC), have been sounded out, and are also likely to vote alongside the BJP. President Murmu receives warm welcome by Serbian counterpart Vucic at Presidential Palace President Murmu highlights India-Serbia trade and investment potential at Business Forum in Belgrade The Opposition candidate, Yashwant Sinha, was prominent nearly two decades ago, during the Chandrashekhar and Vajpayee administrations, doing turns as Union finance minister, and also as external affairs minister. Later, Sinha fell out with the Modi administration, quitting the party in 2018, when it did not consider the elderly politician for any role in the party or government. Emerging now from membership in the Trinamool Congress (TMC), The 84-year-old Sinha is doomed to probable failure. This, in the absence of sufficient numbers, to elect him, or indeed a truly united oppo...