NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu files her nomination papers

The presidential candidate nominated by the Bharatiya Janata Partyled NDA Droupadi Murmu on Friday filed her nomination papers at the Parliament Library Building in the national capitalPrime Minister Narendra Modi proposed her name for the nomination which was seconded by Defence Minister Rajnath SinghThe second set of proposers were the chief ministers of BJPruled states the third proposers were MLAs and MPs from Himachal and Haryana and the fourth set were MLAs and MPs from GujaratPM Modi Union Home Minister Amit Shah BJP National President JP Nadda Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Union Minister Piyush Goyal Union Minister Nitin Gadkari Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda Union ministers and BJP leaders Gen VK Singh Retd Bhupender Yadav and Giriraj Singh were present at the Parliament during her nomination filingThe Chief Ministers of all BJPruled states including Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan Assam Chief Minister and Himanta Biswa Sarma among others were present during her nomination filingAlso read Presidential polls I am confident Draupadi Murmu will be a great President says PM Narendra ModiBesides the NDA partners Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party YSRCP leader V Vijayasai Reddy and Biju Janata Dal BJD Tukuni Sahu BJJD MP Dr Sasmit Patra and Jagannath Saraka also presentDraupadi Murmu the first woman tribal leader to file her nomination for the top constitutional post of the country is a seasoned politician from Odisha coupled with an extensive background in the field of academics reflects that she will uplift the tribal sections of the countryDroupadi Murmu who was declared BJPled NDAs presidential candidate is a former Governor of Jharkhand and a former Odisha ministerShe will face opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha in the presidential contest on July 18 If elected she will be the first tribal President of India and the countrys second female PresidentDroupadi 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 She served as Jharkhand Governor from 2015 to 2021Born in a poor tribal family in a village of Mayurbhanj a backward district in Odisha Droupadi Murmu completed her studies despite challenging circumstances She taught at Shri Aurobindo Integral Education Centre RairangpurBorn on June 20 1958 she pursued BA at Ramadevi Womens College BhubaneswarShe started her political career as Rairangpur NAC vicechairman Droupadi Murmu was a member of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from Rairangpur between 2000 and 2004 As a minister she held portfolios of Transport and Commerce Animal Husbandry and Fisheries She again served as MLA in the Odisha assembly from 2004 to 2009In 2007 the Odisha assembly honoured her with the Nilakantha Award for best MLAShe served as a junior assistant in Irrigation and Power Department between 1979 and 1983She has held several organisational posts in BJP and was vice president of state ST Morcha in 1997Droupadi Murmu was a national executive member of BJPs ST Morcha from 2013 to 2015 and served as BJP district chief of Mayurbhanj West in 2010 and 2013Between 2006 and 2009 she was chief of BJPs ST Morcha in Odisha She was a member of the national executive of BJP ST Morcha from 2002 to 2009This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever