Draupadi Murmu- Strong Presidential Aspirant

Draupadi Murmu – Strong  Presidential Aspirant 

Draupadi Murmu (born June 20, 1958) is an experienced politician of India, having an bright career. 

She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. She is the official nominee of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance for the 2022 presidential election.She previously served as the ninth Governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021. She is from the state of Odisha. She is the first governor of Jharkhand to complete the five year term, and the first person, belonging to a scheduled tribe, to be nominated to the post of President of India.

The expert pulse is The nomination of Droupadi Murmu, an Adivasi leader from Odisha and the former Governor of Jharkhand, as NDA’s candidate for the forthcoming presidential election is seen as a calculated move by BJP to expand its social base, especially among the ST (Scheduled Tribe) communities. It has been argued that BJP is keen to project Murmu as a symbol of party’s

Sab ka Saath Sab ka Vikaas

slogan simply to attract Adivasi votes. This line of reasoning is not entirely inappropriate. Senior BJP leaders, including JP Nadda, have recognised the fact that Murmu’s tribal identity and her humble economic background were taken seriously by the party .

She has risen despite her personal  tragedies Draupadi Murmu was born in a Santali tribal family on June 20, 1958, in Baidaposi village of Mayurbhanj district in Odisha, to Biranchi Narayan Tudu.Both her father and grandfather were village heads under the Panchayati Raj system.

Draupadi Murmu married Shyam Charan Murmu. The couple two sons, both of whom died, and a daughter.

Murmu is a devotee of Shiva .

In all possibilities it looks that she would have comfortable win over the opposition  Presidential nominee Yashwant Sinha .

In her personality,  India would get first tribal President and second women president after Pratibha Patil .