Has announced the name of Draupadi Murmu as the presidential candidate. Murmu had earlier also been the Governor of Jharkhand. BJP national president JP Nadda said that for the first time, preference has been given to a woman tribal candidate.
If Draupadi Murmu (64) wins the presidential election, she will become the first tribal woman to hold the country’s top constitutional post and there is a strong possibility that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will favor Let me decide.
Voting to choose the next President of the country will be held on 18 July. The counting of votes will take place on July 21. The term of the current President of the country, Ram Nath Kovind, is ending on July 24.
