President Election 2022: Sinha said that the presidential election is not about the two candidates, but it's a contest between two ideologies. He is set to go against NDA's candidate Draupadi Murmu in the polls tomorrow.
President Election 2022: BJP president JP Nadda held a dinner meeting with party MPs and asked them to ensure 100 per cent voting in the upcoming presidential election, sources said.
The race for the Rashtrapati Bhavan is between National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) Droupadi Murmu and the joint opposition's candidate Yashwant Sinha.
The AAP is the only non-BJP, non-Congress outfit having governments in two states -- Delhi and Punjab. It has 10 Rajya Sabha MPs from the two states including three from Delhi.
President election 2022: Om Prakash Rajbhar's Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party has six MLAs in the Uttar Pradesh legislative assembly.
President Election 2022: The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has fielded Droupadi Murmu, a tribal leader from Odisha, as its candidate for the election to the post of president. Election for the top post will be held on July 18.
President election: Jharkhand CM directed all MPs and MLAs to vote for Murmu. "You are aware that Droupadi Murmu, former governor of Jharkhand and a tribal woman, is the candidate in the upcoming presidential election," he said.
President election 2022: Interacting with opposition lawmakers of Assam, Sinha said the BJP-led government has not been able to implement the CAA so far as it was "foolishly drafted" in a hurry.
President Election 2022: If elected, Droupadi Murmu will be the first tribal President of India and the country's second female President. She was the first woman governor of Jharkhand (from 2015 to 2021).
President Election 2022: Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday announced that they will support National Democratic Alliance (NDA) candidate Droupadi Murmu for Presidential elections 2022.
President election: Last week, Sena MPs Rahul Shewale and Rajendra Gavit had written to Thackeray and sought that the party back Droupadi Murmu.
More than a dozen Shiv Sena MPs have demanded from Uddhav Thackeray to declare support for NDA's Presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu.
In the past, the Sena had broken ranks with the NDA and supported the candidatures of Pratibha Patil and Pranab Mukherjee (both Congress leaders).
President election: Shivpal also termed his nephew, Akhilesh Yadav's choice of presidential candidate as 'political immaturity.'
President Election 2022: Droupadi Murmu is the first presidential candidate from Odisha of a major political party or alliance. She continues to break barriers and was the first woman governor of Jharkhand.
President Election 2022: Sinha will arrive in Lucknow on Thursday and attend a meeting of Samajwadi Party legislators. The allies of the SP will also attend the meeting.
Murmu has visited many states since being nominated for the presidential candidate including Haryana, and Himachal Pradesh, where she has sought support for herself.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee stressed that a consensus candidate is always better for the country.
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.
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