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      New Delhi , July 21 : NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu won the presidential battle against Opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha by a huge margin.

      Murmu, 64, is the first Adivasi and second woman to become the nation’s First Citizen and the Supreme Commander of India’s Armed Forces.

      Murmu was elected to two terms in the Odisha Assembly in 2000 and 2004, and served as a Minister from 2000 to 2004 in Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik’s BJD-BJP coalition government.

      She was sworn in as the first woman Governor of Jharkhand in 2015.

      Soon after the third round of counting of votes in the Presidential polls validated Murmu’s victory, Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha, who was pitted against Droupadi Murmu congratulated her. “I join my fellow citizens in congratulating Smt Droupadi Murmu on her victory in the Presidential Election 2022. India hopes that as the 15th President of the Republic she functions as the Custodian of the Constitution without fear or favour,” Sinha tweeted.

      I join my fellow citizens in congratulating Smt Droupadi Murmu on her victory in the Presidential Election 2022.

      India hopes that as the 15th President of the Republic she functions as the Custodian of the Constitution without fear or favour. pic.twitter.com/0gG3pdvTor

      — Yashwant Sinha (@YashwantSinha) July 21, 2022

      President-elect Droupadi Murmu. The arc of triumph forged through personal tragedy is complete for the unassuming politician who started public life as a councillor in Odisha and will be written into history as India’s first tribal president and the second woman in the post.

      On Thursday, the former Jharkhand governor and the BJP-led NDA’s presidential candidate, who found many other backers along her campaign trail, won an easy victory over the opposition’s pick Yashwant Sinha.
      Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Murmu’s residence to congratulate Droupadi Murmu on being elected as the new President of the country. BJP national president JP Nadda was also present.

      India scripts history. At a time when 1.3 billion Indians are marking Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, a daughter of India hailing from a tribal community born in a remote part of eastern India has been elected our President!

      Congratulations to Smt. Droupadi Murmu Ji on this feat.

      — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) July 21, 2022

      PM @narendramodi with #DraupadiMurmu pic.twitter.com/0EscRwKJvP

      — Aditi A (@AditiAnarayanan) July 21, 2022

      BJP units across the country celebrated her win. With Murmu becoming the first President from the Schedules Tribes, they will also be focussing on tribal villages to celebrate her election in the coming days.

      At 64, the woman who will be India’s 15th president, taking over from Ram Nath Kovind, will also be the youngest and India’s first president to be born after Independence. She will be sworn in on July 25.

      The low-profile politician is believed to be deeply spiritual and a keen practitioner of the meditation techniques of the Brahma Kumaris, a movement she embraced after she lost her husband, two sons, mother and brother in the just six years between 2009-2015.

      “She is deeply spiritual and soft-spoken person,” said Basant Kumar Panda, BJP leader and Lok Sabha member from Kalahandi.

      In an interview in February 2016 to Doordarshan, Murmu gave a glimpse into the tumultuous period of her life when she lost her son in 2009.

      “I was devastated and suffered from depression. I spent sleepless nights after my son’s death. It was when I visited Brahma Kumaris, I realised I had to move on and live for my two sons and daughter,” Murmu had said.

      In the month since she was nominated as the NDA’s presidential candidate on June 21, she has made no public statement.

      Thank you soo much , Each and Every one. very Proud Moment 🇮🇳#PresidentialElection#PresidentialElections2022#PresidentofIndia#NariShakti@narendramodi @AmitShah @rajnathsingh @JPNadda pic.twitter.com/hb4D4CGn75

      — Draupadi Murmu ❀ (@DraupadiiMurmu) June 21, 2022

      The victory run seemed certain and her numbers were boosted with support from a section of opposition parties such as the BJD, Shiv Sena, Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, YSR Congress, BSP, TDP. Some of these parties had earlier supported the candidature of the joint opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha.

      Murmu travelled throughout the country campaigning for the presidential election and was received warmly across state capitals.

      Her first steps in politics were taken in Rairangpur where she was a elected as BJP councillor in the Rairangpur Notified Area Council in 1997 and rose to being a minister in Odisha’s BJD-BJP coalition government from 2000 to 2004. In 2015, she was appointed governor of Jharkhand and stayed in the post till 2021.

      “She has been through a lot of pain and struggle, but doesn’t get rattled by adversity,” said former Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal.

      Born into a Santhal family, she is an excellent orator in Santhali and Odia languages, Samal said.

      He added that she had worked extensively to improve infrastructure such as roads and ports in the region.

      The tribal-dominated Mayurbhanj has been the focus of the BJP, which is eyeing a strong foothold in the state. The BJD snapped ties with the BJP in 2009 and has consolidated its hold over Odisha since then.

      Murmu had contested the 2014 assembly election from Rairangpur, but lost to the BJD candidate.

      After completing her tenure as Jharkhand governor, Murmu devoted her time to meditation and social work in Rairangpur.

      “I am surprised as well as delighted. As a tribal woman from remote Mayurbhanj district, I had not thought about becoming the candidate for the top post,” Murmu had said after her selection as the presidential candidate.

      The hurdles were several and the achievements many.

      Belonging to Mayurbhanj, one of the most remote and underdeveloped districts of the country, Murmu earned her Bachelor’s degree in Arts from Bhubaneswar’s Ramadevi Women’s College in Bhubaneswar and served as a junior assistant in the irrigation and power department in the Odisha government.

      She also served as an honorary assistant teacher in the Shri Aurobindo Integral Education Centre in Rairangpur.

      Murmu was awarded the Nilkanth Award for the Best MLA of the year in 2007 by the Odisha Legislative assembly.

      She has diverse administrative experience having handled ministries such as transport, commerce, fisheries and animal husbandry in the Odisha government.

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      In the BJP, Murmu was vice president and later president of the Scheduled Tribe Morcha in Odisha. She was elected the district president of Mayurbhanj (West) unit of the BJP in 2010 and re-elected in 2013. She was also named member of the BJP National Executive (ST Morcha) the same year.

      She held the post of district president till April 2015 when she was appointed as the Governor of Jharkhand.

      Murmu’s daughter Itishree works in a bank in Odisha.

      (With Agency inputs )

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