Updated On: 21 June, 2022 10:12 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
'Draupadi Murmu Ji has devoted her life to serving society and empowering the poor, downtrodden as well as the marginalised,' Modi tweeted

Former Jharkhand governor Draupadi Murmu in Ranchi. Murmu has been chosen as the BJP-led NDA`s candidate for presidential elections in 2022. Pic/PTI
The former Jharkhand governor Draupadi Murmu has been named as the BJP-led NDA's presidential candidate on Tuesday.
Soon after the announcement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the former Jharkhand governor has devoted her life to serving society and expressed confidence that she will be a "great President".