Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday through social media shared with netizens that Smt. Droupadi Murmu Ji has been nominated as NDA’s candidate for the presidential elections. The Election Commission of India (ECI) had already announced dates of elections and counting for presidential election. The election will take place on July 18, while counting will take place on 4th day i.e. 21 July. The tenure of President Ram Nath Kovind will end on 24 July 2022.
“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 of our nation”, PM Modi shared in Facebook post late this evening.
“Million 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 added in the social media post. Smt. Had severed as Governor of Jharkhand state. Meanwhile, Yashwant Sinha has been nominated joint opposition Presidential Candidate of Indian Presidential Election 2022, a former Indian administrator, politician and a former Minister of Finance (1990-1991 under Prime Minister Chandra Shekhar and March 1998-July 2002 under Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee) and Minister of External Affairs (July 2002-May 2004). He was a senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party before he quit the party on 21 April 2018.
