New Delhi: The NDA’s presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu spoke to Congress interim national president Sonia Gandhi, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, and sought their support.
According to sources, before filing her nomination, Murmu spoke to Sonia Gandhi, Sharad Pawar and Mamata Banerjee besides leaders of several opposition parties and sought their support.
However, the Congress, NCP and Trinamool Congress, along with other opposition parties have already announced Yashwant Sinha as their joint candidate for the Presidential election. Sinha is also preparing to file his nomination on June 27.
Draupadi Murmu filed her nomination on Friday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior BJP and alliance leaders. By showing its strength during the nomination, the BJP has proved that it has the numbers to make their candidate the President. In spite of this, the BJP has tried to send a bigger political message by seeking support from the leaders of major opposition parties.
Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Pralhad Joshi, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jairam Thakur, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami and Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, besides the Chief Ministers of other BJP-ruled states, many ministers of the Modi cabinet, MPs and BJP veterans were present during Murmu’s nomination at Parliament House.
Apart from JD(U) National President Rajiv Ranjan Singh and Apna Dal’s Anupriya Patel, leaders of NDA constituents were also present during the filing of her nomination papers. Leaders of the Biju Janata Dal and YSR Congress, who had announced their support to Murmu, were also present.
The last date for filing nominations is June 29. Polling will be held on July 18 and the counting of votes will take place on July 21. – IANS
Russia opens up its Far East & Arctic region for trade, investment to India
New Delhi: India and Russia have confirmed their readiness to intensify trade and investment cooperation in the latter's Far East and the Arctic zone, according to a joint statement issued...
RBI’s 25 bps rate cut to boost growth as inflation stays low: Economists
Mumbai: The Reserve Bank of India’s decision to cut the repo rate by 25 basis points on Friday received a strong positive response from economists, who believe the move will...
Akhilesh Yadav alleges irregularities in UP’s SIR exercise, demands release of data
New Delhi: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Friday demanded greater transparency and accountability in the ongoing Special Summary Revision (SIR) of voter lists in Uttar Pradesh, raising concerns over...
‘Politics of riots’ won’t be accepted, CM Mamata’s reaction after Trinamool suspends MLA over ‘Babri Masjid’ plan
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday asserted that the people of Murshidabad will never accept "politics of riots". Her remarks came hours after her party, the Trinamool...
‘Govt breaking protocols’: Congress backs Rahul Gandhi over no Oppn-Putin meeting
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday backed Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha (LoP), Rahul Gandhi, after he alleged that the Centre has been advising foreign delegations against...
Bangladesh elections just for appearance, power decided in advance: Awami League
Dhaka: Bangladesh's Awami League said that the interim government's Chief Advisor Muhammad Yunus effectively blocked nearly 40 per cent of the country's voters from taking part in the February 2026...
India’s GDP likely to grow at 7.2 pc this fiscal: Report
New Delhi: India’s gross domestic product growth is expected to grow 6.4 per cent in the third quarter and 6.3 per cent in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, a...
CM Fadnavis calls Maha local body polls postponement ‘failure of the system’, Oppn blames BJP & SEC
Mumbai: The ruling and opposition parties in Maharashtra, on Tuesday, have reacted sharply over the State Election Commission's (SEC) decision to postpone elections in few nagar parishad and nagar panchayat...
South Korea: Lee proposes restoring communication channels with Pyongyang
Seoul: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung proposed restoring communication channels with North Korea on Tuesday, saying it will serve as a starting point for "peaceful coexistence" between Seoul and...
RBI to cut policy repo rate by 25 bp on Dec 5: HSBC
New Delhi: Since inflation is set to remain well below target for the foreseeable future, HSBC Global Investment Research on Monday projected that the RBI will cut rates by 25...
Parliament Winter Session: Oppn flags key issues at all-party meet, criticises short duration
New Delhi: An all-party meeting convened in Delhi on Sunday ahead of the Winter Session of Parliament saw opposition leaders raise a wide range of concerns, from electoral roll revisions...
India to “examine” Bangladesh request to extradite Hasina
New Delhi: After a judicial tribunal in Dhaka pronounced former Bangladesh Premier Sheikh Hasina guilty of committing “crimes against humanity” and sentenced her to death, in absentia, on November 17,...
