The ruling NDA's Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu Tuesday said she was optimistic of getting the support of all the MLAs and MPs from Odisha cutting across party lines as the daughter of the soil.
Droupadi Murmu, a tribal woman leader, is the Modi government's pick for presidential race. She is up against Yashwant Sinha, a former Union Minister, the joint opposition candidate for the July polls.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will hold its parliamentary board meeting here on Tuesday where it is likely to finalise its pick for the election slated to be held on July 18.
BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) hasn't yet announced a candidate for the presidential polls, though, nor have the opposition parties; ministers and party members are part of campaign panel announced on Friday
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