Droupadi Murmu, former Jharkhand Governor is set to be elected as the next President, the first tribal woman to occupy the highest post in the country. Ruling NDA's Droupadi Murmu is contesting against Opposition's Yashwant Sinha in the presidential election, with votes stacked in favour of Murmu, who will be the first tribal woman to occupy the top constitutional post in the country. From Junior Assistant To Presidential Candidate Draupadi Murmu's journey from a junior assistant in the irrigation and power department of Odisha to the presidential candidate of the BJP-led NDA has been long and difficult. She is a member of the Scheduled Tribe. She belongs to the Bharatiya Janata Party. She is the first governor of Jharkhand to serve the full five-year term (2015-2021) since the state was formed in 2000. Political Journey Murmu, who was born in the Santhal community, started her political career as a councillor in Rairangpur Na...
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