<p dir="ltr">The Bharatiya Janata Party exhibited a show of strength on Friday as several of the party’s key leaders, led by PM Modi, were present as NDA’s Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu filed her nomination. </p>.<p dir="ltr">Prime Minister Modi was the first proposer in Murmu’s nomination papers. Four sets of nomination papers were filed by Murmu which carried signatures of chief ministers, MPs and MLAs. In the second set, the chief ministers of BJP-ruled states were the proposers, the third set had MLAs and MPs from Himachal and Haryana as proposers, while MLAs and MPs from Gujarat were the proposers in the fourth set.</p>.<p dir="ltr">Norms of the Presidential elections mandate that each nomination should have 50 proposers, which need to be endorsed by 50 seconders. </p>.<p dir="ltr"><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/yashwant-sinha-stops-in-his-tracks-as-jmm-tilts-towards-throwing-weight-behind-droupadi-murmu-1120898.html" target="_blank">Yashwant Sinha stops in his tracks as JMM tilts towards throwing weight behind Droupadi Murmu</a></strong></p>.<p dir="ltr">Before she went to file her nominations, Murmu made calls to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, asking them for their support.</p>.<p dir="ltr">Among the BJP leaders present were union ministers Amit Shah and Nitin Gadkari, as well as chief ministers Yogi Adityanath, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Manohar Lal Khattar, Jairam Thakur and Pushkar Singh Dhami. </p>.<p dir="ltr">Apart from the BJP leaders, leaders of several NDA allies were in attendance. This included AIADMK’s O Paneerselvam and M Thambidurai, and JD(U)’s Rajiv Ranjan Singh. Leaders from non-NDA parties YSR Congress and Biju Janata Dal were present as well. </p>.<p dir="ltr">Murmu’s victory is almost certain with non-NDA parties like YSRCP and BJP pledging support to elect her, who will be the first face from the tribal community, and the second woman to be the occupant of India’s highest office at Raisina Hills. </p>
<p dir="ltr">The Bharatiya Janata Party exhibited a show of strength on Friday as several of the party’s key leaders, led by PM Modi, were present as NDA’s Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu filed her nomination. </p>.<p dir="ltr">Prime Minister Modi was the first proposer in Murmu’s nomination papers. Four sets of nomination papers were filed by Murmu which carried signatures of chief ministers, MPs and MLAs. In the second set, the chief ministers of BJP-ruled states were the proposers, the third set had MLAs and MPs from Himachal and Haryana as proposers, while MLAs and MPs from Gujarat were the proposers in the fourth set.</p>.<p dir="ltr">Norms of the Presidential elections mandate that each nomination should have 50 proposers, which need to be endorsed by 50 seconders. </p>.<p dir="ltr"><strong>Also Read: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/national/national-politics/yashwant-sinha-stops-in-his-tracks-as-jmm-tilts-towards-throwing-weight-behind-droupadi-murmu-1120898.html" target="_blank">Yashwant Sinha stops in his tracks as JMM tilts towards throwing weight behind Droupadi Murmu</a></strong></p>.<p dir="ltr">Before she went to file her nominations, Murmu made calls to Congress president Sonia Gandhi, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, asking them for their support.</p>.<p dir="ltr">Among the BJP leaders present were union ministers Amit Shah and Nitin Gadkari, as well as chief ministers Yogi Adityanath, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Manohar Lal Khattar, Jairam Thakur and Pushkar Singh Dhami. </p>.<p dir="ltr">Apart from the BJP leaders, leaders of several NDA allies were in attendance. This included AIADMK’s O Paneerselvam and M Thambidurai, and JD(U)’s Rajiv Ranjan Singh. Leaders from non-NDA parties YSR Congress and Biju Janata Dal were present as well. </p>.<p dir="ltr">Murmu’s victory is almost certain with non-NDA parties like YSRCP and BJP pledging support to elect her, who will be the first face from the tribal community, and the second woman to be the occupant of India’s highest office at Raisina Hills. </p>
