Sammya Mukhopadhyay

New Delhi, Delhi, India

India, the world's largest democracy, will elect its 15th president on Monday, July 18. The term of President Ram Nath Kovind concludes on July 24. Counting of votes for the presidential elections will take place on July 21 and a new president will take oath on July 25. ,As India elects its next President, here’s an explainer on how the world’s biggest democracy elects its commander-in-chief. Also read: Former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha is opposition candidate for President,Who elects the President?,The President of India is elected by an electoral college. The electoral college comprises of: all state legislative assemblies, the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha. All-in-all, 4,120 members of legislative assemblies and 776 members of Parliament vote to elect the President. Value of votes,The value of votes differs on two counts. First, whether the elector is a member of a state legislative assembly or the Parliament, and second the population of states (in case of MLAs). Also read: Draupadi Murmu, former Jharkhand governor, is BJP's pick for next President,The value of an MLA’s vote changes state to state. To arrive at this value, the total population of the state is divided by the total number of MLAs in the state multiplied by 1,000. ,On the other hand, the value of a vote of the Member of Parliament (MP) is the same across Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha, 708. ,This is calculated by dividing the total value of MLA votes by the number of elected MPs in both houses. Also read: Who is Draupadi Murmu, BJP’s nominee for President of India post?,Voting,The President is elected by the system of proportional representation by means of single transferable vote. Each member of the electoral college is given one ballot. While casting the vote, the voter has to indicate their preferences — first, second, third etc. Also read: Who is Yashwant Sinha, Opposition's pick for India's next President,Counting of votes,In the first phase, the first preference votes are counted. In case a candidate secures the required quota in this phase, they are elected. If not, the process of transfer of votes is set in motion. ,The ballots of the candidate with the least number of first preference votes are cancelled and their second preference votes are transferred to the first preference votes of other candidates. The process continues till a candidate secures the required quota.

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<ul>
  <li>India will hold its next presidential elections in 2022</li>
  <li>Political parties have started discussing potential candidates</li>
  <li>Indian presidential elections are held by the system of proportional representation</li>
</ul>

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How India elects its President

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DraupadiMurmu

YashwantSinha

India

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Yash Bajaj

Droupadi Murmu emerged as India's 15th President on July 21, succeeding Ram Nath Kovind as the country's first citizen. In the first round among 748 MP votes, the 64-year-old received 540, compared to her opposition, Yashwant Sinha, who received 208. ,Murmu has now become the first tribal President of India. She belongs to the Santhal tribe, who are the third largest scheduled tribe community in India after Gonds and Bhils. ,Also read: Who is Droupadi Murmu, India's first tribal president?,Murmu was born in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district in 1958. She was the first governor to complete a full five-year term since Jharkhand was formed in 2000. ,Who are the Santhals?,Also spelt as Santhal, the word means calm and peaceful man. The 'ala' stands for man in the Santhali, also spelt as Santali, language. ,The tribe population is distributed across Jharkhand, Odisha and West Bengal. Murmu's home district, Mayurbhanj, has a dense concentration of the Santhali people. Also read: What happened to Droupadi Murmu's sons and husband Shyam Charan?,Rairangpur, where Murmu has lived for many years, began celebrating Murmu's win as the votes were being counted. As per the state government's website for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute (SCSTRTI), the Santhals were nomadic before they settled in the Chotanagpur plateau. They were initially concentrated in the Santhal Parganas of Jharkhand, which is ancient Bihar. The migration to Odisha and West Bengal happened later. ,Santhals, however, unlike other tribes outside the Northeast, have a high literacy rate. Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren is a Santhal. Girsh Chandra Murmu, the current Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAGI) and first Lt Governor of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, is also from the tribe. ,Also read: Watch: Mayurbhanj celebrates as Draupadi Murmu on course to become President,The traditional dress of the Santhals includes dhoti and gamuchha for men and a short-check saree for women. They play musical instruments like kamak, dhol, sarangi and flutes and usually perform folk dance at all community events and celebrations. ,Santhals mainly depend on agriculture for livelihood. Their homes are called Olah. The outer walls are painted in a particular three-colour pattern.

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<ul>
  <li>Droupadi Murmu is the first tribal President of India&nbsp;</li>
  <li>Murmu was the first person from her parental village to attend college</li>
  <li>She belongs to the Santhal tribe</li>
</ul>

Who are Santhals, tribe Droupadi Murmu belongs to?

DroupadiMurmu

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Odisha

Bihar

HemantSoren

World

Ajay Joseph

Delhi, India

India's first tribal woman Droupadi Murmu on Monday took oath as the 15th President of India. In her first address as President at the Central Hall of Parliament, President Murmu said, The country has elected me as the President at a crucial time when we are celebrating the nectar festival of our freedom. A few days from today, the country will complete 75 years of its independence. Also read: What happened to Droupadi Murmu's sons and husband Shyam Charan?,The symbol of expectations, aspirations and rights of all Indians - I humbly express my gratitude to all of you. Your trust and support will be a major strength for me to carry out this new responsibility, she added. Earlier today, President Droupadi Murmu reached the Rashtrapati Bhavan, her home and office for the next five years, where she was welcomed by outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita Kovind. Also read: Who are Santhals, tribe Droupadi Murmu belongs to?,Murmu was welcomed by the outgoing President Kovinds who offered her a bouquet. He then escorted her to the Presidential study for a brief meeting. Murmu also paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, father of the nation, at Raj Ghat. Also read: Who is Droupadi Murmu, India's first tribal president?,Murmu, 64, is also India’s youngest President. She had scripted history by becoming the first person from the tribal community to occupy India's top constitutional post after she bagged 64% votes of the electoral college to defeat Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha. Also read: How India elects its President,She got 2824 first preference votes, valued at 6,76,803 votes, while Sinha had only managed to get 1,877 first preference votes, valued at 3,80,177.

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<ul>
  <li>Droupadi Murmu, becomes India’s youngest President</li>
  <li>She also becomes the first person from the tribal community to occupy India's top constitutional post</li>
  <li>Murmu was welcomed by the outgoing President Kovinds who offered her a bouquet</li>
</ul>

Droupadi Murmu takes oath as the 15th President of India

BharatiyaJantaParty

RamNathKovind

MahatmaGandhi

Droupadi Murmu is India's 15th President, the first tribal woman to hold the top post. It has been a long journey from the small village of Uparbeda in Mayurbhanj district of Odisha to the palatial presidential palace in the heart of the national capital, Delhi. One filled not just with extraordinary achievements but also unimaginable personal loss. Also read: Droupadi Murmu is India's 15th President: PM Modi, Amit Shah lead wishes,Droupadi Murmu, who had three children, lost both her sons and then her banker husband, Shyam Charan Murmu, within a gap of five years. Her 25-year-old elder son Laxman died in 2009. He was reportedly found unconscious in his bed one morning and was rushed to one hospital and then another, which said he was dead on arrival. ,Laxman Murmu died in Odisha capital Bhubaneswar, where he lived with his uncle and aunt. Droupadi Murmu was away in Rairangpur, the constituency she represented in the state assembly from 2000 to earlier that year. Also read: India celebrates Droupadi Murmu's election as 15th President: In pics,In 2012 tragedy struck again when Droupadi Murmu's younger son Sipun Murmu died in a road accident. Just two years later, in 2014, Shyam Charan Murmu died of a cardiac arrest. ,Those difficult years also saw Murmu lose elections - she contested and lost the Lok Sabha elections in 2009 and in 2014, lost the assembly election from her old constituency Rairangpur. In 2015, Droupadi Murmu made history when she was appointed Governor of Jharkhand, the first woman to head the state. She would go on to be the first Governor to finish a full term in the state. The young Santhal woman who joined the BJP in 1997 and became councillor of Rairangpur had come a long way. ,Also read: Who was Shyam Charan, Droupadi Murmu's husband?,Last month, the National Democratic Alliance, led by the BJP, picked Droupadi Murmu as its candidate for President. With the BJP's might in Parliament and most state legislatures in the country, the election against the Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha was lopsided. Votes were counted today and Droupadi Murmu was announced India's 15th President. ,The 64-year-old is the country's first tribal President. She will replace Ram Nath Kovind. ,Droupadi Murmu has a daughter, Itishree, who works in a bank in Odisha.

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<ul>
  <li>Droupadi Murmu became India's 15th President, defeating veteran politician Yashwant Sinha</li>
  <li>She was the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance’s nominee for President</li>
  <li>Murmu was the Governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021</li>
</ul>

What happened to Droupadi Murmu's sons and husband Shyam Charan?

Jharkhand

Abhinav Dutta

Droupadi Murmu, former Governor of Jharkhand, has been declared India's 15th President, stealing a march over rival candidate Yashwant Sinha. After three rounds of counting, The 64-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party nominee crossed the halfway mark- with 2161 votes of the value of 5,77,777- becoming the first tribal president on the nation. Born in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district in 1958, Murmu served as the Governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021. She was the first governor to complete a full five-year term since Jharkhand was formed in 2000. Also Read | Watch: Mayurbhanj celebrates as Draupadi Murmu on course to become President,The BJP was reportedly considering two candidates as the party’s presidential nominee – Draupadi Murmu and Arif Khan. Murmu’s candidature was considered because of the party’s recent focus on tribals. Murmu’s nomination is also expected to help the BJP win over some women voters. Arif Khan was said to be considered as the presidential nominee in a bid to garner some support from Muslims. Also Read | Who is Yashwant Sinha, Opposition's pick for India's next President,Draupadi Murmu belongs to the Santhal tribe. The 64-year-old’s life is rife with personal tragedies. She has lost her husband, Shyam Charan Murmu, and two sons. Murmu’s rise to political prominence came with her being elected as the councillor of Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat in 1997. In 2000, she was elected as a legislator from the same constituency. Also Read | In Draupadi Murmu, BJP finds tribal face to follow Dalit president,When the Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and the BJP ran a coalition government in Odisha, Murmu served as the minister in Commerce and Transport and subsequently in Fisheries and Animal Resources. ,Draupadi Murmu was up against Yashwant Sinha, the candidate representing a united opposition. Sinha was a Union Minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government. He later joined the Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress. On Tuesday morning, Yashwant Sinha released a statement saying he must “step aside” from party work for greater opposition unity. ,The opposition had really struggled to find a presidential candidate. Mamata Banerjee, who has been steering the discussion on having a joint presidential candidate, had first expressed the desire to nominate Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar as the presidential candidate. ,However, Sharad Pawar declined the nomination. Later, Jammu and Kashmir leader Farooq Abdullah was considered a presidential nominee, who too rejected the proposal. Finally, the opposition has rested its faith in Yashwant Sinha, a former BJP leader who quit his party in December, 2021, alleging that Narendra Modi’s party was undermining democratic institutions.

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  <li>Draupadi Murmu, 64, has become India's 15th president&nbsp;</li>
  <li>She is the first tribal president of India</li>
  <li>Murmu was Governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021</li>
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Draupadi Murmu looks on course to take over as India's 15th President from incumbent Ram Nath Kovind. After two rounds of counting, she leads her fellow candidate Yashwant Sinha by a whopping margin of 812 votes (or by a value of 293,423). The former Governor of Jharkhand and BJP's candidate for the post, the 64-year-old is set to make history by becoming the first tribal woman to hold the President's office. Also Read: Explained: Will Draupadi Murmu help BJP win in tribal areas?,An odds-on favourite to win, Murmu's candidature received the blessings of parties across the political divide. While strongly backed by the NDA and its allies, non-NDA parties- including Uddhav Thackeray's Shiv Sena, OP Rajbhar's Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP), HD Deve Gowda's Janata Dal-Secular (JDS), Shibu Soren's Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party (TDP)- have also come out in her support. As news filtered out of her sizeable lead, celebrations broke out across the country. A group of folk artists gathered at Delhi's Mother Teresa Crescent Road to perform a tribal dance in honour of Murmu. Likewise, BJP leaders and party workers were in a euphoric mood outside the state party office in Ranchi, Jharkhand. A huge crowd is steadily gathering outside BJP's New Delhi headquarters, making merry as Murmu further consolidates her grasp over the nation's Presidency. But a motley congregation at a school in Mayurbhanj, Odisha, has caught the eye. Teachers, students and locals alike took part in song and dance at SLS Memorial Residential School. The boarding school, founded by Murmu in memory of her deceased husband and two sons, provides free education to tribal boys and girls. Also Read: Unlike President polls, BJP has enough votes to ensure win of Vice President nominee ,In related news, Trinamul Congress will abstain from voting in the Vice Presidential elections. Former West Bengal governor Jaydeep Dhankar is NDA's nominee for the post, while the opposition have proposed veteran politician and former Rajasthan Governor Margaret Alva for the post.

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<ul>
  <li>Draupadi Murmu is on the verge of becoming India's 15th President</li>
  <li>Celebrations have broken out across the country, with BJP leaders and workers gathering outside party offices</li>
  <li>Students, teachers and locals broke into song and dance at the school founded by Murmu</li>
</ul>

Watch: Mayurbhanj celebrates as Draupadi Murmu on course to become President

With the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in need of support from friendly parties to win President polls, it has enough votes to ensure victory of the ruling dispensation's candidate in the vice-presidential election. In the upcoming Vice-President polls, only Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha MPs, including the nominated lawmakers, can vote. With no more bypolls and biennial elections expected ahead of the presidential and vice-presidential elections, the electoral roll for the vice-presidential poll stands at 775. Also read: President Elections: Officials scrutinise over 70 applications other than Murmu, Sinha,The MPs in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are 543 and 232, respectively. In the last round of biennial polls, the BJP has lost three seats and its strength has declined to 92 MPs in the Upper House on July 1. In the Lower House, where it enjoys a sweeping majority, the BJP has bagged both seats in the bypoll of Uttar Pradesh, taking its Lok Sabha tally to 303. Also read: Droupadi Murmu vs Yashwant Sinha: Presidential hopefuls from ‘two Indias’,Together, the BJP has 395 MPs, or votes, in the vice-presidential election, seven more than the victory mark of 388. The Election Commission has notified the 2022 vice-presidential election, with polling on August 6. The incumbent M Venkaiah Naidu's term ends on August 10. The new vice-president will take charge during the upcoming monsoon session and will preside over the Upper House as its chairperson. Also read: Jayant Sinha on father Yashwant’s presidential bid: Don’t turn this into a family matter,There is no concept of open voting in the election and showing the ballot to anyone under any circumstances in the case of presidential and vice-presidential elections is totally prohibited, the EC had cautioned, adding that the parties cannot issue a whip to its MPs in the matter of voting. The nomination paper of a candidate has to be subscribed by at least 20 electors as proposers and by at least 20 other electors as seconders. An elector can subscribe to only one nomination paper of a candidate as either a proposer or a seconder. Also read: Draupadi Murmu, former Jharkhand governor, is BJP's pick for next President,A candidate can file a maximum of four nomination papers. The security deposit for the election is Rs 15,000. Unlike the presidential polls where the voting takes place at multiple locations as the elected MLAs, not the nominated members, also form part of the electoral college, in the vice-presidential election, the voting takes place in Parliament House.

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  <li>The MPs in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha are 543 and 232, respectively</li>
  <li>The BJP has bagged both seats in the bypoll of Uttar Pradesh</li>
  <li>The electoral roll for the vice-presidential poll stands at 775</li>
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Unlike President polls, BJP has enough votes to ensure win of Vice President nominee

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There has been much President candidate Draupadi Murmu, who in all likelihood is set to become India’s first President from the tribal community, powered by the NDA and some unaffiliated parties. According to BJP president JP Nadda, the party felt India's next President should be from the East, be a woman and belong to the vanvasi community – parameters that made Murmu the perfect fit. ,Also read: Droupadi Murmu vs Yashwant Sinha: Presidential hopefuls from ‘two Indias’,It is a known fact that the BJP lacks a pan-India face to represent tribals, who constitute nearly 9 per cent of the country's population, with bigger concentration in several politically significant states. According to reports, the tribal vote is mostly bagged by the Congress and regional parties. With Murmu in Rashtrapati Bhavan, the BJP will hope to consolidate the Scheduled Tribes (ST) vote behind it. ,However, the numbers may be a bigger calculation by the BJP. While many political parties and commentators have interpreted the development as the saffron camp's continued outreach to tribal communities, the elections that are scheduled in Gujarat later this year, and in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh next year, may also have shaped the consensus towards Murmu. Also read: Jayant Sinha on father Yashwant’s presidential bid: Don’t turn this into a family matter,Numbers show the BJP has mostly failed to make the cut in tribal-influenced seats. In the last assembly elections, the Congress had won 86 of the 128 ST-reserved seats in Gujarat, Rajasthan, MP and Chhattisgarh! ,In 2017, Gujarat witnessed the Congress winning 15 and BJP nine out of the 27 ST seats. In Rajasthan the following year, the Congress won 13 and BJP eight of the 25 ST seats. MP has 47 ST seats, of which 31 went to the Congress and 16 to the BJP. In Chhattisgarh, the Congress had won 27 of the 29 ST seats, leaving only two for the BJP. Also read: Draupadi Murmu, former Jharkhand governor, is BJP's pick for next President,How BJP is planning its tribal outreach ,The BJP foray into tribal communities is being led by none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi. In April, he attended an event in Gujarat's tribal-dominated Dahod district, where donning a tribal jacket and headgear, he evoked tribal icon Birsa Munda’s contribution to India's freedom struggle and also mentioned his work for tribal welfare as Gujarat CM. ,Also read: In Draupadi Murmu, BJP finds tribal face to follow Dalit president,In the same month, Union Home minister Amit Shah addressed a gathering of tendu patta collectors in Bhopal and handed over cheques to them, besides announcing several schemes for the community. Since May, Shah and Nadda have addressed tribal events in Rajasthan's Banswara and Sawai Madhopur, and Jharkhand’s Ranchi in an aggressive bid to woo the community. ,Also read: Who is Yashwant Sinha, Opposition's pick for India's next President,In its second term, the Modi government has withdrawn proposals to amend the Indian Forests Act, 1927, and increased budgetary spending on tribal welfare. The RSS, on the other hand, has for long been trying to build a cadre base among tribal communities to edge off the influence of Naxalism and Christian missionaries.

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In Chhattisgarh, the Congress had won 27 of the 29 ST seats, leaving only two for the BJP.\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"Also read:&nbsp;<a href=\\\"https://opoyi.com/india/draupadi-murmu-former-jharkhand-governor-is-bjps-pick-for-next-president-683965/\\\">Draupadi Murmu, former Jharkhand governor, is BJP's pick for next President</a>\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"<b>How BJP is planning its tribal outreach&nbsp;</b>\"}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"data\":{\"text\":\"The BJP foray into tribal communities is being led by none other than Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 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<ul>
  <li>The BJP felt India's next President should be from the East, be a woman and belong to the vanvasi community</li>
  <li>However, the numbers may be a bigger calculation by the BJP</li>
  <li>Numbers show the BJP has mostly failed to make the cut in tribal-influenced seats</li>
</ul>

Explained: Will Draupadi Murmu help BJP win in tribal areas?

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Droupadi Murmu and Yashwant Sinha, both started out as teachers before entering public life and both served the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for years. But apart from these, India’s two presidential nominees have nothing in common. Murmu, 64, worked as an assistant teacher at a school in Odisha’s Rairangpur before becoming the councillor of Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat. Sinha, 84, taught for some time University of Patna before joining the Indian Administrative Service (IAS). ,Murmu and Sinha’s candidature for the president’s post serves to show stark sociological distinctions between the two candidates and the two sections of society India’s two main political forces are either wooing or be driven by. ,Droupadi Murmu is a Santhal woman from Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district. The Santhals are the largest tribe in Jharkhand and have major population concentrations across central and eastern India. Mayurbhanj, Droupadi Murmu’s home district, is one of the most tribal-populous districts in the country. ,The woman who BJP wants as president, who will, if elected, become the second woman President of India, comes from an ordinary family albeit always invested in politics. Both Murmu’s father and her grandfather were village headmen under India’s Panchayati Raj system. Born on June 20, 1958, Droupadi Murmu, if elected, will be the first president of India to be born after Independence. Also Read | In Draupadi Murmu, BJP finds tribal face to follow Dalit president,Murmu’s rise to political prominence came when she was elected councillor of the Rairangpur nagar panchayat in 1997. She was one of those BJP leaders who maintained her electoral sway when Odisha was consumed by a Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal (BJD) wave. Later on, she went on to serve in Naveen Patnaik’s cabinet as minister in a BJD-BJP alliance government. ,What has worked for Murmu consistently is her reputation as an able administrator. That has helped her maintain sway over the electorate as well as keep good ties with all political factions. Also Read | Draupadi Murmu: 10 things to know about BJP's presidential candidate,Patnaik, the chief minister of Odisha and once her political opponent, tweeted, after her nomination as presidential candidate: “Congratulations Smt #DraupadiMurmu on being announced as candidate of NDA for the country’s highest office. I was delighted when Hon’ble PM @narendramodi ji discussed this with me. It is indeed a proud moment for people of #Odisha.” ,Murmu’s was also the only governor of Jharkhand who managed to finish a five-year term as the state’s governor. Since the formation of Jharkhand in 2000, no governor could complete their gubernatorial tenure, until Murmu. ,As she heads on to contest the presidential polls, she will face Yashwant Sinha, the opposition’s consensus candidate. Sinha’s life has been very different from Murmu’s. Born in an upper-caste Hindu family in Bihar’s capital Patna, Sinha pursued a degree in political science and later taught the subject at the University of Patna. ,He then went on to join the Indian Administrative Service (IAS) in 1960 at the age of 23. As a bureaucrat, Sinha served as a sub-divisional magistrate as well as a district magistrate. In his 24-year-long career, Sinha has served as the Consul General of India in Frankfurt, Germany from 1971 to 1973 and as the joint secretary to the Government of India in the Ministry of Surface Transport from 1980 to 1984. Also Read | How India elects its President,In 1984, the same year when Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated, Sinha quit the IAS to join the Janata Party, at the time, the singular opposition force against the indomitable Congress formed by Gandhian socialist freedom fighter Jay Prakash Narayan, or JP. In 1988, Yashwant Sinha secured a spot in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. ,As the Janata Party fell apart, Sinha aligned first with Chandra Shekhar’s Janata Dal and subsequently with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), then under the aegis of Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Yashwant Sinha was a member of the Vajpayee government from 1999-2004, the regime which is now credited for connecting India to the global supply chain, a task from the liberalisation era left unfinished. ,After a three-decades long stint with the BJP, Yashwant Sinha quit his party in 2018. A party that he felt had become very different from the one run by Vajpayee, Lal Krishna Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi. In the party now run by Narendra Modi and Amit Shah, Sinha felt India’s democratic institutions were at risk. ,Three years later, when West Bengal leader Mamata Banerjee was fighting a pitched battle against the BJP enroute to the 2021 Assembly elections, Sinha threw his weight behind the Trinamool Congress. Just one year later, Sinha has now resigned from the TMC to become the opposition’s presidential candidate.

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<ul>
  <li>Droupadi Murmu is a Santhal woman from Odisha</li>
  <li>She’s the only governor of Jharkhand to finish a full term in office</li>
  <li>Yashwant Sinha, former IAS, Union minister, is opposition’s candidate</li>
</ul>

Droupadi Murmu vs Yashwant Sinha: Presidential hopefuls from ‘two Indias’

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Central government officials on Wednesday said that round the clock Z+ category security cover had been provided to Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu, a day after the BJP named the former Jharkhand governor as the NDA's face in the election. The CRPF took charge of the 64-year-old's security from Wednesday morning after receiving an order from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), news agency ANI reported citing an official privy to the development. Also read | Jayant Sinha on father Yashwant’s presidential bid: Don’t turn this into a family matter,Murmu was announced as the NDA's Presidential candidate on Tuesday, with a vote set for July 18. I am confident she will be a great President of our nation. 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, PM Narendra Modi said on social media after the announcement. Also read | Amid Maha crisis, Sena MLA says party should renew ties with BJP,A grassroots politician, Murmu was reportedly in consideration for President in 2017, but Ram Nath Kovind made the cut. If elected this time, Murmu will become the first tribal and the second woman to be the President of India. Murmu's political career began in Odisha when she contested and won an election for the post of councillor in Rairangpur. She went on to win the assembly election in 2000 from Rairangpur, becoming a minister in the BJP-BJD government. Also read | Draupadi Murmu: 10 things to know about BJP's presidential candidate,No stranger to firsts, the 64-year-old leader from Odisha became the first woman and tribal leader to be appointed governor in any Indian state. She served as the Governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021, becoming the first person to complete a governorship tenure in Jharkhand since it gained statehood.

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<ul>
  <li>Draupadi Murmu has been provided Z+ security cover</li>
  <li>The 64-year-old is the NDA's Presidential candidate</li>
  <li>She served as the Governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021</li>
</ul>

Draupadi Murmu, the NDA's Presidential candidate, given Z+ security cover

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Yashwant Sinha may be a united opposition’s presidential nominee, but for his son Jayant, party loyalty comes first. The 59-year-old Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP has made it clear that he is a BJP ‘karyakarta’ and that he will fulfil his constitutional responsibilities. Jayant Sinha’s statement on Twitter came after a united opposition announced Yashwant Sinha as its presidential candidate in the upcoming polls. Yashwant, a former Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer, will be up against Draupadi Murmu, former governor of Jharkhand, a Santhal woman from Odisha. ,In his tweet on father Yashwant Sinha’s nomination as presidential candidate, Jayant Sinha wrote in Hindi: “The opposition has made my honourable father Shri Yashwant Sinha a presidential candidate. I appeal to you to not turn this into a family matter. I am a @BJP4India worker and legislator. I will fulfil my constitutional responsibilities to the fullest.” The tweet also contained a video message from the Hazaribagh legislator. Also Read | In Draupadi Murmu, BJP finds tribal face to follow Dalit president,Jayant Sinha and his father Yashwant have been on opposing sides of the political spectrum since Yashwant Sinha quit the BJP alleging that the Narendra Modi-led government was undermining democratic institutions. ,Yashwant Sinha had served as a union minister in Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s government. Also Read | Who is Draupadi Murmu?,Fissures in the Sinha household became apparent after Yashwant Sinha slammed his son for garlanding seven lynching accused. Jayant later clarified that he was not in support of vigilantism but only sought justice for the innocent. ,The 84-year-old Yashwant Sinha was picked as the opposition’s consensus candidate for the presidential polls after three other leaders refused to contest. Mamata Banerjee who has been attempting to create a consensus candidate for the opposition had first proposed the name of Sharad Pawar as presidential nominee. Also Read | Draupadi Murmu, former Jharkhand governor, is BJP's pick for next President,After Pawar refused, the next names proposed were that of Farooq Abdullah and Gopalkrishna Gandhi. Both of them refused to become presidential nominees. The opposition then struck upon the name of Yashwant Sinha who had recently joined the Trinamool Congress.

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<ul>
  <li>Yashwant Sinha is the opposition’s presidential nominee</li>
  <li>Yashwant’s son Jayant Sinha responded to his father’s nomination</li>
  <li>Yashwant Sinha was a minister in Vajpayee’s government</li>
</ul>

Jayant Sinha on father Yashwant’s presidential bid: Don’t turn this into a family matter

Twitter

Hindi

Sucharita Ganguly

Draupadi Murmu, the former governor of Jharkhand, has been named the Bharatiya Janata Party's candidate for India's 2022 presidential elections. Also read: Draupadi Murmu, former Jharkhand governor, is BJP's pick for next President,In a late Tuesday media briefing, party chief JP Nadda stated, For the first time, preference has been given to a woman tribal candidate. We announce Draupadi Murmu as NDA's candidate for the upcoming Presidential elections. ,Here are some key things to note about her:,1. Murmu, if elected, will be India's first tribal President and the country's second female President. 2. Murmu, who is from Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, began her career as a teacher before pursuing state politics. Also read: Who is Draupadi Murmu, BJP’s nominee for President of India post?,3. She was elected as a BJP MLA from Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj twice (2000 and 2009). 4. Murmu was first mentioned as a possible candidate five years ago, when President Pranab Mukherjee was preparing to leave Rashtrapati Bhavan. 5. She held the Commerce and Transport portfolios under the BJP-BJD coalition government that came to power in 2000, and later the Fisheries and Animal Husbandry posts. 6. She won in 2009 despite the fact that the BJP was outmatched by the then-estranged BJD. 7. Murmu was ushered in as Jharkhand's first female governor in 2015. Also read: In Draupadi Murmu, BJP finds tribal face to follow Dalit president,8. Murmu's personal life has been filled with tragedy, as she has lost both her husband Shyam Charan Murmu and two kids. 9. Murmu served as a councillor in the Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat after winning elections in 1997, and as vice-president of the BJP's Scheduled Tribes Morcha before becoming an MLA. 10. Her likely election as President, with the NDA dominating 48 percent of the vote, will be a significant boost to the BJP's tribal effort. Also read: How India elects its President,Arif Khan was reportedly being considered as the BJP's other probable presidential nominee. Khan was rumoured to be explored as the presidential nominee in order to gain Muslim support.

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<ul>
  <li>Draupadi Murmu has been named the BJP's candidate for India's 2022 presidential elections</li>
  <li>She was the former governor of Jharkhand</li>
  <li>Here are some key things to note about her:</li>
</ul>

Draupadi Murmu: 10 things to know about BJP's presidential candidate

Muslim

Aman Butani

Draupadi Murmu, the former governor of Jharkhand, was announced as the Bharatiya Janta Party's pick for the upcoming presidential elections in India. ,Party chief JP Nadda said in a press conference on late Tuesday, For the first time, preference has been given to a woman tribal candidate. We announce Draupadi Murmu as NDA's candidate for the upcoming Presidential elections, news agency ANI reported. Also Read: Explained: How does India elect its President?,The parliamentary board of the BJP considered nearly 20 candidates for the position, according to Nadda. It was decided that the nominee will be someone from east India, a tribal and woman, PTI reported. Also Read | In Draupadi Murmu, BJP finds tribal face to follow Dalit president,The Opposition collectively named Yashwant Sinha as the presidential candidate on Tuesday evening. Leaders from nearly 12 parties had been negotiating to finalise their pick. ,Jammu & Kashmir National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, MK Gandhi's grandson Gopal Krishna Gandhi and National Congress Party's Sharad Pawar turned down nominations for the position. Shortly after the announcement, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Murmu on the nomination. He wrote in a social media post, I am confident she will be a great President of our nation. Also Read: Who is Draupadi Murmu, BJP’s nominee for President of India post?,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, Prime Minister Modi added. Murmu, a native of Odisha, will be the first-ever tribal woman to become the President of India if she wins the election. The 64-year-old was also reportedly a front-runner before the 2017 presidential elections. However, then Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind was picked as the candidate.

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<ul>
  <li>BJP chief JP Nadda made the announcement</li>
  <li>Nearly 20 candidates were considered in the parliamentary meet</li>
  <li>Opposition nominated Yashwant Sinha for President</li>
</ul>

Draupadi Murmu, former Jharkhand governor, is BJP's pick for next President

Opposition

jammu

Draupadi Murmu, former Governor of Jharkhand who belongs to the Santhal tribal group, is the Bharatiya Janata Party’s pick in the upcoming presidential elections. A leader who has had a long association with the BJP, Murmu is the only Jharkhand governor to have completed a full five-year term since the state was formed in 2000. Draupadi Murmu served as Jharkhand governor from 2015 to 2021. ,Murmu’s candidature as BJP’s presidential nominee is interesting in its politics. Once regarded as the party of caste Hindus, the BJP, since 2014, has made headway into bringing in leaders from Dalit-Adivasi backgrounds into leadership positions. If Murmu becomes President of India, she will follow Ram Nath Kovind, India’s first Dalit president. Also Read | Who is Draupadi Murmu? ,Presidential elections in India are often aimed at social messaging. In India’s parliamentary system, the president as little powers and is almost guided on every decision by the prime minister and the cabinet, barring some discretionary functions. The presidential post is often aimed at bringing in people from marginal sections and empowering them through representation in the mainstream. ,Further, as with all political decisions, the nomination of Draupadi Murmu as BJP’s presidential candidate is expected to help the party gain the support of both tribal and women voters. Ahead of its announcement of the presidential candidate, the BJP was battling accusations from the Congress for not supporting Meira Kumar in the 2017 presidential polls. Meira Kumar was a Dalit candidate who went against Ram Nath Kovind but lost. ,Following the announcement of Draupadi Murmu as the presidential candidate, Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted: “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 for our nation.”,“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,” Modi wrote in a second tweet. Born in Odisha’s Mayubhanj, Draupadi Murmu’s political career began as a councillor. She later went on to become a minister in Odisha’s Biju Janata Dal and BJP coalition. Subsequently, she served as Jharkhand governor. In the presidential polls, Murmu will be up against Yashwant Sinha. ,Yashwant Sinha, a former member of the BJP who had served as Union minister in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led NDA government, had quit his party alleging that under Narendra Modi’s leadership, the BJP was undermining democratic institutions. He later went on to join Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress. Sinha was a united opposition’s nominee after Sharad Pawar, Farooq Abdullah and Gopalkrishna Gandhi refused to contest the polls. A victory for the opposition in the upcoming presidential polls is unlikely.

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<ul>
  <li>Draupadi Murmu is BJP’s presidential nominee</li>
  <li>Murmu will be going up against Yashwant Sinha</li>
  <li>Draupadi Murmu belongs to the Santhal tribe</li>
</ul>