Draupadi Murmu

The BJP's move to name Murmu as its presidential candidate comes ahead of assembly elections in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.

She served as the governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021, the first governor to complete the term in the state. With Murmu as its presidential candidate, the party can hope to strengthen its appeal among tribal voters. She earned great respect in her tenure as an MLA and minister in the state. Her political career began when she contested and won an election for councillor in Rairangpur, Odisha. She later won the assembly election in 2000 from Rairangpur and became a minister in the BJD-BJP government in the state. She was the first woman and tribal leader from Odisha to be appointed as governor of any state. Nadda said around 20 names were discussed and it was decided to have a candidate from the eastern part of the country.

Murmu also holds the distinction of becoming the first woman Governor of Jharkhand; if elected, Murmu will also be the first president to be born after ...

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New Delhi: The BJP parliamentary board on Tuesday named Draupadi Murmu, a former governor of Jharkhand, as the NDA's candidate for the presidential election ...

Murmu has a clean track record and as an Adivasi can challenge, at least in perception, the upper caste dominance in Odisha’s politics and consolidate a large section of the Adivasi population in western Odisha. Seventeen opposition parties had earlier announced Yashwant Sinha as their joint candidate for the post. Congratulations Smt#DraupadiMurmuon being announced as candidate of NDA for the country’s highest office.

BJP president J P Nadda said that while a consensus candidate for the post of president was always desirable it did not materialise. “Both defence minister ...

“Looking at all this, it was decided that former Jharkhand Governor, Draupadi Murmu, would be the NDA’s candidate for President of India,” said Mr Nadda. He said the details of nominations etc will be taken up in the next day or so and also shared. She is a leader of great sensitivity, whatever responsibility has been accorded to her she has fulfilled it with grace and ability,” said Mr Nadda. Therefore we decided to field a common NDA candidate for the post of president of India,” he said. In 2007, she also received the Neelkanth award for best MLA. Between 2015-2021, she was governor of Jharkhand and is an apt choice for the position. The BJP called a meeting of its parliamentary board, of which Prime Minister Narendra Modi is a member, late on Tuesday evening and after a meetings lasting a little over an hour declared Ms Murmu’s name as candidate. BJP president J P Nadda said that while a consensus candidate for the post of president was always desirable it did not materialise.

If elected, Ms. Murmu will also be the first president to be born after Independence.

In the 2000 Assembly polls, she was elected from Rairangpur and made minister in the BJD-BJP coalition government in the State. As minister, she handled various portfolios such as transport and commerce, fisheries and animal husbandry till 2004, when she was reelected as MLA. At the same time, she remained committed to the party, and she was variously district president of the BJP unit in Mayurbhanj, and State president of the BJP Scheduled Tribe Morcha between 2006-2009. In 2015, she was declared Jharkhand governor. If elected, Ms. Murmu will also be the first president to be born after Independence.

The Governor of Jharkhand, seemingly unaffected by her new status, was snapped sweeping the floors at a Shiv Temple in Rairangpur in Odisha. #WATCH | Odisha: ...

After losing her second son, Murmu lost her brother and mother in the same month. She was also the Minister for Commerce and Transport and Fisheries and Animal Husbandry during the BJP-BJD coalition in Odisha. Murmu has defied odds and cultural stigmas to serve the people, battling stereotypes generally associated with a career in politics. After losing her second son, Murmu lost her brother and mother in the same month. Right from an early stage, she has dedicated her life to serving the poor and the downtrodden, something that was highlighted by the PM himself in his tweet on Tuesday. However, a year later in 2014, her husband died. I started as a teacher without pay and later worked with social organisations to uplift villagers hailing from the remotest parts of Odisha,” she said. She was also the Minister for Commerce and Transport and Fisheries and Animal Husbandry during the BJP-BJD coalition in Odisha. Murmu has defied odds and cultural stigmas to serve the people, battling stereotypes generally associated with a career in politics. However, a year later in 2014, her husband died. The Governor of Jharkhand, seemingly unaffected by her new status, was snapped sweeping the floors at a Shiv Temple in Rairangpur in Odisha. Murmu sought comfort in Yoga, meditation and counselling to overcome the phase.

By nominating Murmu, the BJP has ensured the support of Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik and secured tribal votes in poll-bound states.

With his position as CM already rocky given allegations against him of wrongfully owning a mine in the state, Soren will find it difficult to refuse support for Murmu considering that he leads a party that claims to represent the interests of the adivasi community, which is also his principal vote bank. Rahul had launched his party’s adivasi satyagrah in poll-bound Gujarat just last month and reiterated his commitment to fighting for the welfare of the community. A former school teacher, Murmu has come up the ranks from a councillor in her native town of Rairangpur in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district to a legislator, state minister, governor and now presidential candidate. This is certainly not to say that having a member of the historically oppressed but numerically strong community in the Rashtrapati Bhawan will improve the lot of the adivasis – or lessen the state’s atrocities against them. The thumbs down from several public intellectuals for Sinha’s candidature also shows that his past political stint that the Opposition parties are now projecting as part of his “long and distinguished career in public life” inspires little confidence even among strident Modi critics. The BJP clearly expects that what Murmu may seemingly lack in political profile, she will more than make up in the symbolism of her candidature.

Murmu (64), a former Jharkhand governor, will be the first person from Odisha and the first tribal woman to occupy the top constitutional post if she is ...

More subscription to our online content can only help us achieve the goals of offering you even better and more relevant content. As we battle the economic impact of the pandemic, we need your support even more, so that we can continue to offer you more quality content. Nadda noted that Union minister Rajnath Singh and he had spoken to various party leaders, including those from the Opposition, to reach a consensus but in vain. Business Standard has always strived hard to provide up-to-date information and commentary on developments that are of interest to you and have wider political and economic implications for the country and the world. Even during these difficult times arising out of Covid-19, we continue to remain committed to keeping you informed and updated with credible news, authoritative views and incisive commentary on topical issues of relevance. "Droupadi Murmu Ji has devoted her life to serving society and empowering the poor, downtrodden as well as the marginalised.

Droupadi Murmu, a tribal leader from Odisha, was named the NDA's candidate for the presidential polls next month. According to reports, Murmu, 64, ...

As a tribal woman from remote Mayurbhanj district, I had not thought about becoming the candidate for the top post.” She graduated from the Ramadevi Women’s University in Bhubaneswar with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1979. Droupadi Murmu, a tribal leader from Odisha, was named the NDA’s candidate for the presidential polls next month.

Rather than focussing on ranking communities on a 'scale of civilisation', Hindu culture asks for equal empathy towards all.

As you are no doubt aware, Swarajya is a media product that is directly dependent on support from its readers in the form of subscriptions. This is aimed at removing a century-and-a-half-old narrative of the 'tribal non-tribal' divide. As a result, the Santhal rebellion that happened in 1855 happened to be led by Sidhu Murmu and Kanu Murmu. It is in this context that one has to see the BJP-led NDA announcing Draupadi Murmu as its Presidential candidate. But all the king's elephants and all the king's men could not pull it to the shore. The tree trunk with the sacred conch symbol naturally formed on it was floating. Unfortunately, this has been ignore by not just Western ‘scholars’ studying India but by Indian students of history and culture themselves, through indoctrinated Western concepts. But the king himself was depressed. It was a dearly guarded secret for the community, which only its leader, Viswavasu, knew. He had to free the tribal chieftain Vishwavasu and they both should together pull the tree trunk to the shore. Again, the king was depressed and again he heard the divine voice, telling him that he could not accomplish it with his army and power. Angry, the king jailed Viswavasu.

The Indian Left could not hide its contempt for tribal leader Draupadi Murmu, casting aspersions on her integrity | OpIndia News.

Droupadi Murmu, a self-made individual with a politics of her own, is reaching the highest office in the country only while being in the BJP for long years. Many individuals on Twitter conflated this with the tenure of APJ Abdul Kalam and Ram Nath Kovind. Going further, another Twitter user wrote that it is ‘unfortunate’ that India’s first tribal president is the choice of a ‘conservative’ party. However, behind judgments that might suit one’s own politics, lies the story of a self-made woman, who is all set to occupy the highest position of the republic. But for the self-proclaimed supporters of Ambedkar and custodians of caste identity politics, she was just a ‘Sanghi’ who deserved their contempt and scorn. A tribal leader from Odisha, Murmu has held several key positions throughout her illustrious political career, including the post of Jharkhand Governor which she served from 2015 to 2021.

India News: GANGTOK: Sikkim chief minister Prem Singh Tamang Wednesday backed the candidature of Draupadi Murmu for the post of the president of India.

It is indeed a great decision taken by the BJP Parliamentary Board ... I am confident that her dignified persona will glorify the stature of the country," Tamang said. The SKM has 19 MLAs in the 32-member Sikkim legislative assembly and the BJP 12. "The Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) wholeheartedly welcomes the decision of the BJP

The support of Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik's BJD and Andhra Pradesh chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSRCP is crucial for BJP to cross the 50% ...

JMM's support will now only increase the margin of victory. Not just Soren, the Opposition camp is already expecting its own tribal MPs to vote for Murmu. A senior Opposition leader, who did not wish to be identified, told ET, "The key to how JMM will vote is in the relations between Soren and Raj Bhawan - we seldom heard anything when Murmu was Governor but now with Ramesh Bais there you can see the skirmishes. Also, the respect Soren gave to Murmu - almost half bending namaskars to a tribal lady are a key to how they will vote."