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Droupadi Murmu's win, which looks highly likely, will boost BJP’s tribal push in the upcoming polls in Gujarat, MP, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh. These states have 128 seats reserved for STs, of which the BJP had won just 35 in previous state polls.

Presidential Polls 2022: Life & career of Droupadi Murmu and why BJP picked her for the top post

With the BJP-led NDA commanding 49% votes in the electoral college for the presidential election, 64-year-old tribal leader Droupadi Murmu is set for a comfortable victory.

Droupadi Murmu, a tribal leader from Odisha, was named the Bharatiya Janata Party led-National Democratic Alliance&rsquo;s (NDA) candidate for the 16th presidential polls scheduled to be held on July 18 consequent to the expiry of the term of current President Ram Nath Kovind.
With the NDA commanding 49% votes in the electoral college for the election, 64-year-old Murmu is set for a comfortable victory.
The woman of many firsts
If elected, Murmu, the former governor of Jharkhand, will be the first tribal woman to be the President of India, and the second woman to occupy the top constitutional post after Pratibha Patil. She was Jharkhand's first female governor and the first Odia woman and tribal leader to be named governor of an Indian state and serve a full term.
Early life
Born on June 20, 1958 in Baidaposi village of Odisha&rsquo;s Mayurbhanj district, Murmu belongs to the Scheduled Tribes (ST) and hails from the Santhal community, one of the most dominant ethnic groups.
Foray into politics
With a Bachelor of Arts degree, Murmu started as a teacher before entering politics in 1997 as the councillor of Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat. The same year, she was declared Vice President of BJP&rsquo;s Scheduled Tribes (ST) Morcha. After being elected as a legislator on a BJP ticket from the Rairangpur constituency in 2000 and 2009, she served as a minister in Commerce and Transport and subsequently Fisheries and Animal Resources department between 2000 and 2004 during the BJD-BJP coalition government in Odisha.&nbsp;
In 2015, Murmu was sworn in as the Governor of Jharkhand.&nbsp;
In 2017, Murmu was seen as a contender for the president&rsquo;s post, when then-President Pranab Mukherjee was set to leave Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Political significance of her possible election
Her win, which looks highly likely, will boost BJP&rsquo;s tribal push in the upcoming assembly elections in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, and Chhattisgarh. The four states have 128 seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes, of which the BJP had won just 35 in the last assembly elections.
Political significance aside, what her election as President would mean for people hailing from tribal communities and how or if she will project their concerns, only time will tell. Precedents warrant caution from prejudging.

With the support of regional parties like the BJD, the YSR-CP, the BSP, the AIADMK, the TDP, the JD(S), the Shiromani Akali Dal, the Shiv Sena and now the JMM, NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu's vote share in the July 18 presidential poll is likely to reach nearly two-thirds and she is set to become the first woman from the tribal community to occupy the top constitutional post.
Murmu's vote share is now likely to go past 61 per cent, while it was earlier estimated to be around 50 per cent at the time of her nomination.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) announced its support on Thursday in favour of Murmu, who is a former governor of Jharkhand.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee now has over 6.67 lakh votes after the support of various regional outfits, out of a total of 10,86,431 votes.
These include 3.08 lakh votes of the MPs of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies. The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has around 32,000 votes in the electorate, which is around 2.9 per cent of the total votes.
The ruling party in Odisha has 114 MLAs in the 147-member state Assembly, while the BJP has 22 lawmakers. The BJD has 12 MPs in the Lok Sabha and nine in the Rajya Sabha.
Murmu has also received the support of the AIADMK (17,200 votes), the YSRCP (with around 44,000 votes), the Telugu Desam Party (around 6,500 votes), the Shiv Sena (25,000 votes) and the Janata Dal (Secular) (around 5,600 votes).
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) strength in the Upper House of Parliament is 92 after the results of the just-concluded Rajya Sabha elections. It has a total of 301 MPs of its own in the Lok Sabha.
The saffron party's empathic win in four state Assembly polls, including in Uttar Pradesh, where the value of the vote of each MLA is more than their counterparts in any other state, has only added to its overall advantage.
Though the BJP and its allies in the NDA have fewer MLAs than they had during the 2017 presidential poll, their numbers of MPs have gone up since.
The saffron party had sprung a surprise by picking tribal leader Murmu to succeed Ram Nath Kovind, a leader from the Dalit community, for the president's post.
After being elected, Murmu will be the first president who was born post-independence.
According to the latest official figures, the BJP on its own has 393 MPs, excluding four nominated Rajya Sabha members who cannot vote, of the current strength of 776 members in both houses of Parliament, giving it a clear majority.
The BJP's numerical advantage in Parliament, which has almost half of the votes in the electoral college that also comprises all the MLAs, is further enhanced when the strength of its allies like the Janata Dal (United), which has 21 MPs, the Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party, the Apna Dal and several from the northeastern states is added.
While there are 776 MPs in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, each having 700 votes, there are as many as 4,033 legislators in the states with a different vote value who will also elect Kovind's successor.
Though the final list of electors will be notified after the bypolls to three Lok Sabha seats and the Rajya Sabha elections to 16 seats, the NDA has 440 MPs in its favour, while the opposition UPA has around 180 MPs, besides 36 MPs of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) who are expected to support the opposition candidate.
Among the states, the BJP has a maximum of 56,784 votes from Uttar Pradesh, where it has 273 MLAs. Each MLA in Uttar Pradesh has 208 votes. The NDA will get its second-highest number of votes among the states from Bihar, where with 127 MLAs, it will get 21,971 votes as each legislator has 173 votes, followed by 18,375 votes from Maharashtra where it has 105 MLAs and each of them has 175 votes.
With 131 MLAs, the NDA will get 17,161 votes from Madhya Pradesh, 16,464 votes of its 112 MLAs from Gujarat and 15,982 votes of its 122 legislators in Karnataka.
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA), on the other hand, has a little over 1.5 lakh votes of its MPs and will get around the same number of votes from its legislators from the states.
The value of the vote of a Member of Parliament has gone down to 700 from 708 in the presidential poll this time due to the absence of a legislative assembly in Jammu and Kashmir.
The value of the vote of an MP in a presidential election is based on the number of elected members in the legislative assemblies of the states and Union territories, including Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir.
The election will be held on July 18 and the results will be announced on July 21.

Presidential poll: NDA's Droupadi Murmu set to get over 60% votes

NDA's presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu's vote share is now likely to go past 61 percent, with over 6.67 lakh votes after receiving support from various regional parties, including JMM and Shiv Sena.

 Presidential poll: NDA's Droupadi Murmu set to get over 60% votes

Murmu's vote share is now likely to go past 61 percent, with over 6.67 lakh votes after receiving support from various regional parties, including JMM and Shiv Sena.

With the support of regional parties like the BJD, the YSR-CP, the BSP, the AIADMK, the TDP, the JD(S), the Shiromani Akali Dal, the Shiv Sena and now the JMM, NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu's vote share in the July 18 presidential poll is likely to reach nearly two-thirds and she is set to become the first woman from the tribal community to occupy the top constitutional post.
Murmu's vote share is now likely to go past 61 per cent, while it was earlier estimated to be around 50 per cent at the time of her nomination.
The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) announced its support on Thursday in favour of Murmu, who is a former governor of Jharkhand.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee now has over 6.67 lakh votes after the support of various regional outfits, out of a total of 10,86,431 votes.
These include 3.08 lakh votes of the MPs of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies. The Biju Janata Dal (BJD) has around 32,000 votes in the electorate, which is around 2.9 per cent of the total votes.
The ruling party in Odisha has 114 MLAs in the 147-member state Assembly, while the BJP has 22 lawmakers. The BJD has 12 MPs in the Lok Sabha and nine in the Rajya Sabha.
Murmu has also received the support of the AIADMK (17,200 votes), the YSRCP (with around 44,000 votes), the Telugu Desam Party (around 6,500 votes), the Shiv Sena (25,000 votes) and the Janata Dal (Secular) (around 5,600 votes).
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) strength in the Upper House of Parliament is 92 after the results of the just-concluded Rajya Sabha elections. It has a total of 301 MPs of its own in the Lok Sabha.
The saffron party's empathic win in four state Assembly polls, including in Uttar Pradesh, where the value of the vote of each MLA is more than their counterparts in any other state, has only added to its overall advantage.
Though the BJP and its allies in the NDA have fewer MLAs than they had during the 2017 presidential poll, their numbers of MPs have gone up since.
The saffron party had sprung a surprise by picking tribal leader Murmu to succeed Ram Nath Kovind, a leader from the Dalit community, for the president's post.
After being elected, Murmu will be the first president who was born post-independence.
According to the latest official figures, the BJP on its own has 393 MPs, excluding four nominated Rajya Sabha members who cannot vote, of the current strength of 776 members in both houses of Parliament, giving it a clear majority.
The BJP's numerical advantage in Parliament, which has almost half of the votes in the electoral college that also comprises all the MLAs, is further enhanced when the strength of its allies like the Janata Dal (United), which has 21 MPs, the Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Party, the Apna Dal and several from the northeastern states is added.
While there are 776 MPs in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, each having 700 votes, there are as many as 4,033 legislators in the states with a different vote value who will also elect Kovind's successor.
Though the final list of electors will be notified after the bypolls to three Lok Sabha seats and the Rajya Sabha elections to 16 seats, the NDA has 440 MPs in its favour, while the opposition UPA has around 180 MPs, besides 36 MPs of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) who are expected to support the opposition candidate.
Among the states, the BJP has a maximum of 56,784 votes from Uttar Pradesh, where it has 273 MLAs. Each MLA in Uttar Pradesh has 208 votes. The NDA will get its second-highest number of votes among the states from Bihar, where with 127 MLAs, it will get 21,971 votes as each legislator has 173 votes, followed by 18,375 votes from Maharashtra where it has 105 MLAs and each of them has 175 votes.
With 131 MLAs, the NDA will get 17,161 votes from Madhya Pradesh, 16,464 votes of its 112 MLAs from Gujarat and 15,982 votes of its 122 legislators in Karnataka.
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA), on the other hand, has a little over 1.5 lakh votes of its MPs and will get around the same number of votes from its legislators from the states.
The value of the vote of a Member of Parliament has gone down to 700 from 708 in the presidential poll this time due to the absence of a legislative assembly in Jammu and Kashmir.
The value of the vote of an MP in a presidential election is based on the number of elected members in the legislative assemblies of the states and Union territories, including Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu and Kashmir.
The election will be held on July 18 and the results will be announced on July 21.

 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday wrote to opposition leaders, requesting them to attend a meeting convened by her on June 15 in New Delhi to prepare a joint strategy for the upcoming presidential poll.
Banerjee sent a letter to 22 opposition leaders, including Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury.
She said the Presidential election provides the perfect opportunity for all progressive opposition parties to deliberate on the future course of national politics when the divisive forces are plaguing the country.
"Our hon'ble chairperson @MamataOfficial calls upon all progressive opposition forces to meet and deliberate on the future course of action keeping the Presidential election in sight, at the Constitution Club, New Delhi on June 15 2022 at 3 PM," Banerjee's Trinamool Congress said.
Banerjee has reached out to the opposition CMs and leaders to participate in the joint meeting in the national capital, according to a statement issued by her party.
"With the Presidential election around the corner, Hon'ble CM of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee, with an initiative of strong & effective opposition against the divisive forces, has reached out to the opposition CMs and leaders to participate in a joint meeting," it said.
Poll for the President of India will be held on July 18, the Election Commission announced on Thursday, with 4,809 members of the electoral college comprising MPs and MLAs set to elect the successor to incumbent Ram Nath Kovind.
Banerjee, in her letter, said a nation with a robust democratic character requires a strong and effective opposition, and all progressive parties need to come together to resist the divisive forces that are plaguing the country.
"Opposition leaders are being deliberately targeted by different central agencies, the country's image is maligned internationally and bitter dissensions are created within. It is time we strengthen our resistance," she said in the letter.
Banerjee also said, "The election is monumental because it gives legislators the opportunity to participate in deciding the Head of our State who is the custodian of our democracy. At a time when our democracy is going through troubling times, I believe that a fruitful confluence of opposition voices is the need of the hour; to echo the deprived and unrepresented communities." The development came a day after senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge consulted with Banerjee and leaders of the DMK, CPI, CPI-M and the AAP for putting up a joint opposition candidate.
The BJP, while reacting to Banerjee's call to the opposition parties, said it wouldn't yield any result.
"We have seen such attempts during the 2017 presidential poll, but it has not yielded any result. This time the opposition will face defeat," BJP state spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya said.
The Presidential election is conducted indirectly through an electoral college consisting of elected members of Parliament and legislative assemblies of states and union territories.
The number and value of votes of each voter from the state legislatures are worked out by a formula which takes into account the state's population in 1971.
In an electoral college of around 10.86 lakh votes, the BJP-led alliance is estimated to have more than 48 per cent of the votes and is hopeful that non-aligned regional parties will support it.

Mamata's big move before Presidental polls, asks opposition CMs to attend meeting in Delhi

West Bengal Chief Minister wrote to 22 opposition leaders to convene a meeting for the upcoming Presidential elections
&nbsp;

&nbsp;West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday wrote to opposition leaders, requesting them to attend a meeting convened by her on June 15 in New Delhi to prepare a joint strategy for the upcoming presidential poll.
Banerjee sent a letter to 22 opposition leaders, including Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury.
She said the Presidential election provides the perfect opportunity for all progressive opposition parties to deliberate on the future course of national politics when the divisive forces are plaguing the country.
"Our hon'ble chairperson @MamataOfficial calls upon all progressive opposition forces to meet and deliberate on the future course of action keeping the Presidential election in sight, at the Constitution Club, New Delhi on June 15 2022 at 3 PM," Banerjee's Trinamool Congress said.
Banerjee has reached out to the opposition CMs and leaders to participate in the joint meeting in the national capital, according to a statement issued by her party.
"With the Presidential election around the corner, Hon'ble CM of West Bengal Mamata Banerjee, with an initiative of strong &amp; effective opposition against the divisive forces, has reached out to the opposition CMs and leaders to participate in a joint meeting," it said.
Poll for the President of India will be held on July 18, the Election Commission announced on Thursday, with 4,809 members of the electoral college comprising MPs and MLAs set to elect the successor to incumbent Ram Nath Kovind.
Banerjee, in her letter, said a nation with a robust democratic character requires a strong and effective opposition, and all progressive parties need to come together to resist the divisive forces that are plaguing the country.
"Opposition leaders are being deliberately targeted by different central agencies, the country's image is maligned internationally and bitter dissensions are created within. It is time we strengthen our resistance," she said in the letter.
Banerjee also said, "The election is monumental because it gives legislators the opportunity to participate in deciding the Head of our State who is the custodian of our democracy. At a time when our democracy is going through troubling times, I believe that a fruitful confluence of opposition voices is the need of the hour; to echo the deprived and unrepresented communities." The development came a day after senior Congress leader and Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge consulted with Banerjee and leaders of the DMK, CPI, CPI-M and the AAP for putting up a joint opposition candidate.
The BJP, while reacting to Banerjee's call to the opposition parties, said it wouldn't yield any result.
"We have seen such attempts during the 2017 presidential poll, but it has not yielded any result. This time the opposition will face defeat," BJP state spokesperson Samik Bhattacharya said.
The Presidential election is conducted indirectly through an electoral college consisting of elected members of Parliament and legislative assemblies of states and union territories.
The number and value of votes of each voter from the state legislatures are worked out by a formula which takes into account the state's population in 1971.
In an electoral college of around 10.86 lakh votes, the BJP-led alliance is estimated to have more than 48 per cent of the votes and is hopeful that non-aligned regional parties will support it.
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'Borat' star Sacha Baron Cohen has hit back at Donald Trump after the US president called him 'unnfuny creep' and a 'phoney guy'.
Cohen took a swipe and wrote on Twitte

'A racist buffoon': Sacha Baron Cohen hits back at Trump

'I don't find you funny either but yet the whole world laughs at you': Sacha Baron Cohen responds to Trump's 'unfunny creep' jibe

'Borat' star Sacha Baron Cohen has hit back at Donald Trump after the US president called him 'unnfuny creep' and a 'phoney guy'.
Cohen took a swipe and wrote on Twitter that though he doesn't find Trump funny, the US President is laughing&nbsp;stock for the world.
Thanking him for doing free publicity for his latest outing 'Borat', Cohen suggested Trump must play racist buffoons after January 2020 when he is will be rendered jobless following his&nbsp;loss in Presidential elections.

'May have to leave country': Trump weighs options if loses election

All along US President Donald Trump has put on a brave face though national polls suggested him trailing opponent Joe Biden. However, during his rallies in Florida and Georgia for the first time he acknowledged things might not go his way in the end and spoke about the options he might have to avail in case he is loses the November 3 Presidential elections. He said contesting the worst candidate in the history of presidential politics, Biden, is putting pressure on him. He said he might have to leave the country if he loses. With the polls looking gloomy for the president and US Covid-19 infections spiking, Trump is focusing entirely on his core Republican base to see him through.

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All along US President Donald Trump has put on a brave face though national polls suggested him trailing opponent Joe Biden. However, during his rallies in Florida and Georgia for the first time he acknowledged things might not go his way in the end and spoke about the options he might have to avail in case he is loses the November 3 Presidential elections. He said contesting the worst candidate in the history of presidential politics, Biden, is putting pressure on him. He said he might have to leave the country if he loses. With the polls looking gloomy for the president and US Covid-19 infections spiking, Trump is focusing entirely on his core Republican base to see him through.

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