Draupadi was born on June 20, 1958 in Baidaposi village of Mayurbhanj district of Odisha. The daughter of the village panchayat president studied at Ramadevi Women's College in Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state, beyond primary school. He started his career as a clerk in the Odisha government.
Santal politician Draupadi Murmu has been nominated by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the July 18 presidential election in India.
The 64-year-old former teacher from Odisha has been associated with the BJP for decades. Served as the Governor of Jharkhand State.
If elected, Draupadi will be the first person to represent an indigenous people in India's highest office.
According to the Constitution of India, the President is the head of the state. However, the person holding this position does not exercise executive power.
In the country, the President is elected by the members of the upper house Rajya Sabha and the lower house Lok Sabha, and the members of the Legislative Assemblies of various states and Union Territories.
According to analysts, the BJP nominee has enough votes to win the upcoming presidential election.
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing optimism about winning the election, said he believed Draupadi would be a 'great president'.
Party president JP Nadda announced the name of the presidential candidate at the end of the BJP's parliamentary board meeting last Tuesday.
He said that Draupadi was chosen as the candidate after a detailed discussion on the 20 names selected by the BJP and its allies.
Draupadi Murmu at a glance
According to the BBC report, Draupadi came to the discussion for the first time before the presidential election in 2017. At that time there were rumors that his name was also among the possible candidates. Draupadi was then the governor of Jharkhand.
Draupadi was born on June 20, 1958 in Baidaposi village of Mayurbhanj district of Odisha. The daughter of the village panchayat president studied at Ramadevi Women's College in Bhubaneswar, the capital of the state, beyond primary school.
Draupadi Murmu started her career as a clerk in the Odisha government. From 1979 to 1983, he served as Junior Assistant in the State Irrigation and Energy Department.
From 1994 to 1997, this politician taught at the Aurobindo Integral Education and Research Center in Rairangpur, Odisha. His political career started in 1997. He was elected councilor in the elections held in Rairangpur that year.
Draupadi was elected as a member of Odisha Legislative Assembly from Rairangpur constituency in 2000 and 2009 for BJP.
A Santal politician served as a minister in the coalition government of Biju Janata Dal and BJP from 2000 to 2004. Initially, he was given the responsibility of the Ministry of Commerce and Transport, but later he was assigned the responsibility of the Ministry of Fisheries and Livestock.
From 2006 to 2009, Draupadi Murmu was the president of the BJP's state unit for scheduled communities. In 2015, she quit active politics after being appointed as the first woman governor of Jharkhand, a neighboring state of Odisha.
Draupadi was appointed as the first tribal governor of Odisha. He held that position till July 2021.
According to Ravi Prakash, a BBC Hindi reporter based in Jharkhand's capital Ranchi, Kuran Draupadi is widely known as the governor of the state. In his time, the office of governor was open to people of all classes and professions.
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