Draupadi Murmu

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) backed Draupadi Murmu, 64, and is the second woman and first Adivasi female to hold the position of the President of ...

Currently, she is the second woman and first Adivasi female to hold the position of the President of India. She served the state of Odisha as a minister of Fisheries and Animal Resources Development from 2000 to 2004 under the BJP and BJD coalition government. Later, in the Irrigation Department of the Odisha government, Murmu worked as a Junior Assistant.

Murmu served twice as an MLA and once as a minister in the BJD-BJP coalition government in Odisha, before being sworn in as the Governor of Jharkhand on May 18, ...

Murmu stayed in the post till 2021 before moving to her village in Rairangpur, as reported by ABP live. Around 13 years ago Murmu first got connected with the Brahma Kumari Sansthan in Mount Abu in Rajasthan, as reported by IANS. - She was the first woman Governor of the state and the first female tribal leader to serve as a Governor in any Indian state. - She lost both her sons and her husband several years back. They have a little daughter, as reported by ABP live. Adivasiwoman to occupy the country’s top constitutional post.

Celebrations broke out outside the Rajasthan BJP headquarters in Jaipur and the party workers burst firecrackers and distributed sweets as Murmu emerged ...

"Hearty congratulations to Smt.Droupadi Murmu Ji on being elected as the President of India. It is indeed a very proud moment and a historic day for our country. "Being the first woman presidential candidate from ST category in the country, the BSP rose above party politics and gave her support and vote. She will prove to be an efficient and successful President, country hopes so". I am sure she will work hard for the welfare of all sections of society". "Heartfelt congratulations to respected Droupadi Murmu ji on being elected as the 15th President of the country," Khattar tweeted. Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann tweeted, "Many congratulations to honourable Droupadi Murmu on being elected as the 15th President of the country."

Draupadi Murmu was elected as the 15th President of India today. In the above picture, tribal artists perform as they celebrate in anticipation of the ...

India News: Droupadi Murmu always looked set for a comfortable win because of NDA's strength and the support it had secured for her from regional parties, ...

was from his home state as he got votes of only nine out of 81 in Jharkhand, whereas Murmu got 137 votes out of 147 in her home state of Odisha. I am sure that Murmu ji’s tenure as the 15th President of India will make the country more proud, home minister Amit Shah tweeted.Maharashtra Seen in conjunction with Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s late swinger in favour of the fellow Santhal, the bonus votes obviously pleased NDA managers.

On Thursday, Draupadi Murmu scripted history by becoming the first tribal person and the only second woman to be elected as the President of India.

One of her sons, Laxman Murmu passed away, at the age of 25 years, in 2009. In 2015 Draupadi Mumru created history when she became the first tribal woman Governor in the country. She worked as an assistant professor at the Shri Aurobindo Integral Education and Research Institute, Rairangpur and a junior assistant at the irrigation department Government of Odisha. In her political debut, she was elected as the councillor of the Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat, going on to become the Chairperson of Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat in 2000. She worked as an assistant professor at the Shri Aurobindo Integral Education and Research Institute, Rairangpur and a junior assistant at the irrigation department Government of Odisha. In 2015 Draupadi Mumru created history when she became the first tribal woman Governor in the country.

Nomination of Draupadi Murmu by the party in power as the presidential candidate was a political master stroke Her credentials were so strong that she ...

It would arrest the process of economic and social marginalisation of many tribal communities in remote parts of the country. In Odisha, in particular, the party is likely to make inroads into many pockets of stronghold of the Biju Janata Dal. The election witnessed cases of cross voting in a number of states and confirmed her strong credentials and people’s eagerness to see her elected to the highest of the land.

Dharamshala: Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration congratulated President-elect Smt. Draupadi Murmu of India on her election victory ...

Sikyong further extended his gratitude to the people and government of India for their continued support and generosity. I am confident that your able leadership would further strengthen India’s democracy and steer the nation to greater heights,” wrote Sikyong in his congratulatory letter. Dharamshala: Sikyong Penpa Tsering of the Central Tibetan Administration congratulated President-elect Smt. Draupadi Murmu of India on her election victory as the 15th and first tribal woman President of the Republic of India.

After Dy General Manager Indranil Chatterjee insulted Draupadi Murmu by saying tribals can't become President, India Today sacks him | OpIndia News.

However, Indranil Chatterjee was sacked from his job by the media house because it was grave breach of code of conduct. She was the first female governor of the state as well as the first tribal leader to hold the position in an Indian state. Indranil deleted his Facebook account after his post became viral and created massive outrage on the social media.

India, the country slated to have the world's largest population by the end of the year, and a member of BRICS, Thursday announced the name of the person to ...

She is to be sworn in on July 25. A member of the Santal ethnic minority, one of India’s largest tribal groups, Murmu started her career as a school teacher in the eastern state of Odisha before moving on to become a state lawmaker and a governor of the neighboring state of Jharkhand. India, the country slated to have the world's largest population by the end of the year, and a member of BRICS, Thursday announced the name of the person to become the next head of state.

National Democratic Alliance candidate Droupadi Murmu was on Thursday elected as the 15th President of India, taking over from Ram Nath Kovind.

In June 2022, the BJP nominated Murmu as the National Democratic Alliance’s candidate for President of India. Having secured a majority in the election, Murmur will assume office on 25 July 2022. Murmur was the first woman Governor of Jharkhand and also the first female tribal leader to become the Governor of any state. National Democratic Alliance candidate Droupadi Murmu was on Thursday elected as the 15th President of India, taking over from Ram Nath Kovind. She secured a majority in the election defeating rival candidate Yashwant Sinha with 676,803 electoral votes in 21 of the 28 states.

July 21, 2022, will go down as one of the most momentous days in India's 75-year history when a woman belonging to an indigenous tribe was elected President ...

Murmu has a daughter Itishri Murmu. How Murmu coped with the devastating loss of her two grown sons followed by that of her husband, is proof of the President-elect’s strength of personality. Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi tweeted, “Congratulations and best wishes to Droupadi Murmu ji on being elected as the 15th President of India.” “Presidential Election concluded with declaration of result…4754 votes polled, out of which 4701 valid & 53 invalid…The quota (for a candidate to be elected the President) was 5,28,491. Two of the couple’s sons passed away. “1,877 first preference votes were secured by Yashwant Sinha – value 3,80,177. She begins her term July 25 for a five-year term.

The nomination of Scheduled Tribe politician Draupadi Murmu as the presidential candidate, for instance, put critics in the uncomfortable position of ...

In this, the BJP’s efforts to provide free rations and direct cash transfers to ‘all’ resonated with voters as attention to detail on the part of the party over important voting issues, especially those concerning women and the poor, yielded positive results. In conclusion, BJP’s success is bolstered both through the attractiveness of its ideological underpinnings, as well as its, even if superficial, promises of public good ‘for all’ and for targeted groups of poor. Still, due to the inefficiency of PDS in many states, the grain more often rots and/or feeds the bellies of rats and not the 200 million malnourished living in the country. The PM’s speeches instead try to anchor themselves to legitimate State mechanisms (‘government’ rather than ‘party’), and to the idea of economic progress and development ‘for all’. The poor in India, those below the poverty line (earning 673 rupees per month at 2009-10 prices) cannot afford rice at market prices, and in some cases, even prefer rationed goods over the option of direct cash. Subaltern electoral choices can be tricky to unfold, even in the face of extreme alienation cast by parties as communal and polarizing as the BJP. With public institutions and services acting as rigged rigmaroles facing away from the poor, political patronage can be the only way the poor see any form of benefits from the State or its agents. It may be important to note that while the state of UP already had the most number of beneficiaries from government schemes and programmes, months before the Assembly elections, PM-GKAY was called the “biggest ration distribution campaign” in the history of India. Swachch Bharat, ‘Make in India’, Aatmanirbhar Bharat, Ayushman Bharat Yojana (health insurance aimed at low-income individuals), among several others, have entered the vocabulary of the rural and urban poor as seamlessly as Garibi Hatao, Desh Bachao of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s time. Ostensibly, this has been achieved through a combination of the party’s repeated assertions that they are attempting to bring formerly untouchable castes into the Hindu-fold. Another reason is the impact of welfare schemes, such as subsidized medicine and healthcare for marginalized communities under the Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana, or provisioning Antayodaya (below poverty line) households with ‘double ration’ for ‘free’ under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (‘PM-GKAY’). In the Nighasan constituency of Lakhimpur Kheri, the largest district in Uttar Pradesh, which was also an important centre of the farmer’s movement, 60,000 more voted for the BJP in 2022 compared to 2017. The nomination of Scheduled Tribe politician Draupadi Murmu as the presidential candidate, for instance, put critics in the uncomfortable position of deciding whether such a move by the party incumbent is an instance of on-brand tokenism, or a sign of against-the-grain inclusivity. Hindu nationalism as a project held an irresistible appeal to a certain identity of citizens – the upper caste Hindu, middle or upper class, in urban households.

Draupadi Murmu made history after winning the presidential election. She was the candidate of the ruling right wing Hindu nationalist Bhartiya Janata Party.

Modi had blamed the Muslims for the incident, which according to one commission of enquiry was an accident caused by cooking gas. A Muslim man, Kalam’s appointment followed the massacre of Muslims in Gujarat early that year. The global community needs to wake up and look at India more critically, especially when attacks on minorities and political dissidents have grown under Modi. The government bypassed Zail Singh while allowing the army to assault the place of worship following reports of religious militants stockpiling weapons inside the complex. A number of social justice activists advocating for their rights are being incarcerated under trumped up charges. However, the pattern is neither different nor new.