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Who is BJP's Presidential poll nominee Draupadi Murmu?

IBNS | @indiablooms | Jun 23, 2022, at 01:24 am

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New Delhi/IBNS: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday fielded its tribal leader and former Jharkhand Governor Draupadi Murmu in the Presidential election due to be held next month.

Murmu, who is widely perceived as the BJP's masterstroke in the poll which is likely to be a smooth sail for the ruling party, will take on former Union Finance Minister and an ex-saffron party leader Yashwant Sinha, the candidate fielded by the united Opposition.

Smt. Droupadi Murmu Ji has devoted her life to serving society and empowering the poor, downtrodden as well as the marginalised. She has rich administrative experience and had an outstanding gubernatorial tenure. I am confident she will be a great President of our nation.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 21, 2022

But who is Draupadi Murmu? Read to know

1. Draupadi Murmu was born in a Santali tribal family of Odisha.

2. She served as the ninth Governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021.

3. She is the first Governor of Jharkhand to complete the five-year term.

4. She is the first person belonging to the scheduled tribe to be nominated for the Presidential election.

Millions of people, especially those who have experienced poverty and faced hardships, derive great strength from the life of Smt. Droupadi Murmu Ji. Her understanding of policy matters and compassionate nature will greatly benefit our country.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 21, 2022

5. In 1997, Murmu was elected as the councillor of the Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat in 1997.

6. She was the national vice president of the BJP's Scheduled Tribes Morcha.

7. From 2002-2004, Murmu was the Minister of State with an Independent Charge of Commerce and Transport in the BJP-Biju Janata Dal (BJD) coalition government in Odisha.

8. She was an MLA from the Rairangpur assembly constituency from 2000-2004.

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