Draupadi Murmu, the NDA nominee for the post of President of India, filed her nomination papers in presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a host of Union Ministers and BJP MPs and chief ministers on Friday.
PM Modi was Murmu’s first proposer, while senior Union Ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda were the other signatories on the nomination papers.
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 also present at the Parliament during her nomination filing.
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Before filing her nomination papers, the NDA’s presidential nominee arrived at the Parliament and paid tributes to the statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr BR Ambedkar and Birsa Munda at the Parliament.
The last date for nomination for the post of President is June 29. The poll will be held on July 18 and the counting of votes will take place on July 21. Yashwant Sinha is the candidate of the opposition parties.
Every set of nomination has to have 50 proposers and 50 seconders among elected representatives.
Murmu reached the national capital from Odisha on Thursday and met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh and BJP president JP Nadda.
Besides, the NDA partners, including Nitish Kumar’s Janata Dal (United), Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik, The YSR Congress led by Jagan Mohan Reddy has also announced its support to the candidature of Murmu.
Draupadi Murmu, the first woman tribal leader to file her nomination for the top constitutional post of the country, is a seasoned politician from Odisha with an extensive background in the field of academics.
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