Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. As Taranisen Tudu and his wife Sukri Tudu leave for New Delhi to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the county s first tribal president Droupadi Murmu on Monday, the people in her Upabeda village are praying for her prosperity.
Taranisen is the brother of President-elect Droupadi Murmu, who lives along with his family at Uparbeda village, about 20 kilometres from Rairangpur in Odisha s Mayurbhanj district. India News | Droupadi Murmu s Village Wants Prosperity for Her as President.
Rairangpur (Odisha), Jun 22: NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu swept the floor of a Shiva temple in her locality here in this nondescript tribal-dominated town in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district at the crack of dawn on Wednesday ahead of her journey to Delhi. It is a task she has done daily since she returned to her home town in August 2021 after her retirement as the governor of Jharkhand. Wednesday was no exception. Hundreds of local residents saw the NDA presidential candidate […]
New Delhi/Rairangpur (Odisha), June 22: NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu today appeared set for smooth sailing in the Presidential election after she received the crucial backing of BJD, but an unfazed Opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha asserted that he is fighting an ideological contest and the country should not have a “rubber-stamp President”. With the support of Naveen Patnaik’s party, Murmu, who belongs to the Santhal tribal community in Odisha, has around 52 percent votes (around 5,67,000 votes) out of a total of […]