BJP’s former ally SAD to back Droupadi Murmu in presidential polls
India | July 01, 2022 20:42 ISTThe decision was taken by the party a day after BJP president J P Nadda reached out to SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal to seek support for Murmu.
The decision was taken by the party a day after BJP president J P Nadda reached out to SAD president Sukhbir Singh Badal to seek support for Murmu.
Astrologer Chirag Bejan Daruwalla predicts Draupadi Murmu is highly sympathetic, which makes her a good friend. She is loyal and patriotic and thus a first-class citizen. Let's see what her stars say about her chances of winning the Presidential elections.
Of the remaining 87 papers of 72 candidates for presidential poll, 79 were rejected for not meeting required criteria, Rajya Sabha Secretariat said.
The value of one vote of an MLA is 208 and that of one MP is 700. The value of votes of 273 MLAs of the BJP and its allies and 66 Lok Sabha and 25 Rajya Sabha MPs is about 1.21 lakhs.
President Election: Yashwant Sinha is facing a stiff challenge from BJP-led NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu.
Mayawati did allege that BSP was not invited by the opposition to discuss its presidential candidate. She said it shows a casteism motive.
In his tweet, Ram Gopal Varma said: "If DRAUPADI is the PRESIDENT who are the PANDAVAS? And more importantly, who are the KAURAVAS?"
Sources said Murmu called them up personally and spoke to them before filing her nomination for the July 18 presidential election.
Droupadi Murmu, if elected, will be the first tribal President of India and the second woman to hold the post.
Coming from a poor tribal family in the village of Mayurbhanj, a backward district in Odisha, Droupadi Murmu completed her studies despite challenging circumstances. She taught at Shri Aurobindo Integral Education Centre, Rairangpur.
President Election: The BJP has named Droupadi Murmu, a tribal leader of the party from Odisha, as the ruling NDA's candidate for the presidential election.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee danced hand-in-hand with tribal women on Adivasi music during a mass wedding at Alipurduar district on Wednesday.
President election: NDA government's decision to nominate a tribal woman, Droupadi Murmu, for India's top post is a reflection of the BJP’s slogan of sabka saath, sabka vikas aur sabka vishwas.
Murmu is a former Governor of Jharkhand and a former Odisha minister and is NDA's pick against Yashwant Sinha, a former Union Minister, the joint opposition candidate for the July presidential polls.
The BJP has named Droupadi Murmu, a tribal leader of the party from Odisha, as the ruling NDA's candidate for the presidential election.
Droupadi Murmu (64), if elected, will be the first tribal woman to become the President of India.
Droupadi Murmu said she will request BJD for support in Presidential polls as the daughter of the soil, PTI reported.
Droupadi 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 favour of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
Announcing NDA's candidate for India's next President, JP Nadda said that BJP parliamentary board discussed 20 names for presidential nominee, it was decided to pick someone from east India, a tribal and woman.
Ranchi: Draupadi Murmu was today sworn in as the first woman Governor of Jharkhand. Murmu succeeds Syed Ahmed, who will take over as Manipur Governor.A two-time BJP MLA from Odisha, she was a minister in
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