Presidential Election of India 2022 : Droupadi Murmu ahead of Yashwant Sinha after first round of counting

07/21/2022

New Delhi, July 21: National Democratic Alliance's (NDA) Droupadi Murmu and Opposition's Yashwant Sinha are in the fray to become the country's 15th president.

Indian PM Narendra Modi will be hosting a farewell dinner for outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind tomorrow 5:30 pm onwards at Hotel Ashoka in Delhi, news agency ANI has reported. The tenure of the current President of India Ram Nath Kovind comes to an end on July 24. 

64-year-old Draupadi Murmu started her political career as a councilor, and later became the Vice-Chairperson of Rairangpur National Advisory Council. She was also the first woman Governor of Jharkhand. She was also a minister in the Naveen Patnaik cabinet when the BJD ruled the state with the BJP support. 

Murmu was also considered for the post during the 2017 presidential elections. However, then Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind was fielded by the BJP-led NDA as its presidential candidate.

If she wins the polls, Murmu will become India's first tribal president and the country's second woman president. Agencies

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