On Thursday afternoon, sounds of a celebration, at a scale yet unseen, filled the village of Uparbeda. Residents were out on the streets singing and dancing. | Latest News India
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.
Droupadi Murmu, BJP-led NDA candidate, is poised to win the presidential polls, though results will be out on July 21. NDTV visited her village in Odisha, tracing her story from when she first left for Bhubaneshwar