NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, JUNE 21
With an aim to woo the tribals in poll-bound states, ruling BJP-led NDA announces Draupadi Murmu as its Presidential candidate for the upcoming elections, JP Nadda made the announcement during a press conference on Tuesday while opposition parties have picked up Union minister Yashwant Sinha as their candidate.
The tribal leader Draupadi Murmu is the former governor of Jharkhand. If elected, Murmu will become the tribal president of India and the second woman president in the country.
For the first time, preference has been given to a woman tribal candidate. We announce Draupadi Murmu as NDA’s candidate for the upcoming Presidential elections, BJP chief JP Nadda said.
- For the first time, preference has been given to a woman tribal candidate
- Major opposition parties, including the Congress, the NCP and the TMC, pick former Union minister Yashwant Sinha as their candidate for the July 18 presidential polls.
The NDA meeting regarding the presidential candidature was attended by PM Modi, Amit Shah, JP Nadda and others.
Meanwhile, several major opposition parties, including the Congress, the NCP and the TMC, on Tuesday picked former Union minister Yashwant Sinha as their candidate for the July 18 presidential polls.
Opposition leaders, who gathered at the Parliament annexe for the meeting convened by NCP chief Sharad Pawar to decide on a common candidate for the much discussed presidential election, unanimously agreed on Sinha’s name.
The veteran politician, who has “stepped aside” from the Trinamool Congress and was earlier with the BJP, will file his nomination papers on June 27. “We regret Modi government made no serious effort to have consensus on a presidential candidate,” Congress leader Jairam Ramesh, who read out a joint statement after the meeting, said.
