Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu reached Delhi, will file nomination today
On reaching Delhi, Murmu met Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Presidential Election 2022: NDA candidate Draupadi Murmu reached Delhi on Thursday in the presidential election. She will file her nomination on Friday. Documents related to his nomination are being prepared at the residence of Parliamentary Affairs Minister Prahlad Joshi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah and BJP national president JP Nadda will be among his proposers. Murmu (64) is expected to file his nomination papers in the presence of top party leaders. For the post of President, he will face the common opposition candidate, former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha.
What did PM Modi say by tweeting
On reaching Delhi, Murmu met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu. After the meeting, PM Modi tweeted saying, met NDA's presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu. His presidential nomination has been appreciated by all sections of society across the country. His understanding for the ground problems and development of India is excellent. Earlier, JP Nadda urged Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik to be present during the filing of nomination papers by Murmu. Expressing regret for the unavailability, Patnaik has asked two of his cabinet colleagues, Jagannath Sarka and Tukuni Sahu, to sign Murmu's nomination papers and be present during the nominations.
Eight MPs and MLAs including Arjun Munda from Jharkhand became the proponent of Draupadi Murmu
The political excitement about the presidential election is intensifying. Union Minister Arjun Munda, State President and MP Deepak Prakash, MP Samir Oraon, Sunil Singh, Sunil Soren, Sudarshan Bhagat, Legislature Party leader Babulal Marandi and MLA Neelkanth Singh Munda have become proponents of Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu. Mrs Murmu will file her nomination for the post of President on Friday.
understand full math here
NDA's total votes 5,26,420
5,39,420 needed to win
-BJD has 31,000 votes, with NDA coming together, the total votes will be 5,57,420 (ie 18,000 more votes than the majority).
If YSR Congress comes together, it will also have 43000 votes with them.
-Meghalaya Democratic Alliance will support Murmu, 46 MLAs are in MDA
Seven of JDU and four of RLJP became proponents of Draupadi Murmu