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JD(S) extends support to NDA's presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu

The JD(S) on Friday formally announced its support to NDA's presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu, in the election to be held on July 18. The JD(S) LP Deputy leader Bandeppa Kashempur said the unanimous decision was arrived at the JD(S) legislature party meeting held in Vidhana Soudha. JD(S) second-in-command and former chief minister H D Kumaraswamy, the party's state president C M Ibrahim and few other legislators attended the meeting virtually. He said party supremo H D Deve Gowda had stressed on the importance of women empowerment when he was the PM of the country. "A tribal woman becoming the president of the country is a matter of pride. The selection of candidate for presidential post is according to the wish of Deve Gowda," Kashempur said. The party decided to support keeping in mind her (Murmu) background and the community she belongs to, the JD(S) MLA said. The party affiliation is not a matter of consideration but the background of the candidate. Kashempur said Murmu

NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu set to get over 60% votes in presidential poll

With the support of regional parties NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu's vote share in the July 18 presidential poll is likely to reach nearly two-thirds of total vote share

Sena didn't expect Murmu to visit Matoshree in return for support: Raut

The Shiv Sena which has declared support for the National Democratic Alliance's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu did not expect her to visit Uddhav Thackeray's residence 'Matoshree' here

If elected president, will ensure CAA is not implemented: Yashwant Sinha

Opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha on Wednesday said that if he is elected, he will ensure that the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) is not implemented. Interacting with opposition lawmakers of Assam, Sinha said the BJP-led government has not been able to implement the CAA so far as it was "foolishly drafted" in a hurry. "Citizenship is a major issue for Assam, and the government wanted to bring in the Act across the country but has not been able to do so yet," he said. "Earlier, the government gave the excuse of COVID, but even now they have not been able to implement it because it is an Act foolishly drafted in a hurry," he added. Sinha alleged that the Constitution was in danger not from any outside force, but from those in power. "This presidential election is of special significance as it is a fight to save Constitution," he asserted. "If I am in Rashtrapati Bhavan, I will ensure that CAA is not implemented," he said. Sinha said he was compelled to leave the BJ

Maha cabinet expansion likely after Prez polls, hints Sena's rebel faction

The much-awaited expansion of the Maharashtra Cabinet led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde may take place after the July 18 presidential polls, the rebel camp of Shiv Sena MLAs indicated on Monday. Talking to reporters here, the rebel Shiv Sena MLA faction's spokesperson, Deepak Kesarkar, said, There is no difficulty in Cabinet expansion. He was responding to a question on whether the Cabinet expansion was being delayed due to the on-going legal battle between the rebel camp and the Sena faction led by former Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray. Currently, Chief Minister Shinde, who heads the rebel camp, and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis of the BJP - both of whom took oath on June 30 - are the only members of the Cabinet. Kesarkar said there is an important meeting on July 13 in New Delhi related to the election of the next President and a representative from the rebel group will be attending it. On July 14, BJP-led NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu will visit Mumbai to seek .

Presidential poll fight against misuse of central agencies: Yashwant Sinha

Opposition's candidate Yashwant Sinha on Monday said the July 18 presidential poll is a fight against the central agencies that are being misused by the Union government. Sinha said if he becomes the president, the misuse of central agencies will be stopped. He also alleged that the BJP and the government led by it at the Centre are "deliberately" creating an atmosphere of hate in the country. Sinha attacked the Centre over its economic policies, declining growth and the fall in rupee exchange rate. However, he said India will not see a situation like Sri Lanka. Sinha said the elections are being held in unusual circumstances. "All know what is the condition of the country. An atmosphere of hate is being created and pushed deliberately by the BJP and the Government of India," he told reporters. "This is also a fight against those agencies which are being misused by the Centre. I do not want what will happen to me after the elections," he said. Saying that the country saw a "sil

13 Shiv Sena MPs attend meet on Presidential polls; most back NDA's Murmu

Thirteen of the 18 Lok Sabha MPs of the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra on Monday physically attended a key meeting on the presidential elections and a majority suggested supporting the BJP-led candidate

Rajbhar, Shivpal attend dinner hosted by Adityanath in honour of Murmu

SP ally Om Prakash Rajbhar and Shivpal Singh Yadav on Friday attended a dinner hosted by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the honour of NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu

Presidential nominee Murmu's visit to Jaipur has been rescheduled to Jul 13

The visit of NDA presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu to Jaipur has been rescheduled to July 13, BJP sources said on Friday.

Support Murmu for President: Tribal Shiv Sena MP says in letter to Uddhav

Rajendra Gavit, the Shiv Sena MP from Maharashtra's Palghar Lok Sabha seat, has asked party chief Uddhav Thackeray to support the candidature of Draupadi Murmu in the July 18 Presidential election. While Gavit, who belongs to a tribal community, is the second Sena MP to suggest that the party back Murmu, candidate of the BJP-led NDA, the Uddhav Thackeray-led party has not yet declared its stand. The rebel Sena faction led by Eknath Shinde, now Maharashtra Chief Minister, has decided to support Murmu, according to sources. In a letter written to Thackeray on Thursday, Gavit said it would be an honour if a tribal person became the President of India. In past elections, Sena founder Bal Thackeray had broken ranks with the NDA and supported the candidatures of Pratibha Patil and Pranab Mukherjee (both Congress leaders), Gavit pointed out. Thackeray-led Shiv Sena left the NDA in 2019 as the party formed government with the Congress and NCP in Maharashtra after ditching the old ally .

Presidential poll: Droupadi Murmu meets BJD, BJP lawmakers in Odisha

National Democratic Alliance (NDA) presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu on Friday met Biju Janata Dal (BJD) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs and MPs to seek their support for July 18 poll.

Murmu visits NE states, seeks support for Presidential candidature

NDA presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu who is on a visit to the northeastern states as part of her campaign for the July 18 Presidential poll has received a rousing welcome in all the states.

Murmu to visit Meghalaya to seek support for her candidature in Prez polls

Murmu had been touring states to muster electoral support for the July 18 polls

NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu to visit Tripura, Bihar on July 5

Droupadi Murmu will meet NDA lawmakers in Bihar around 10 am before leaving for Tripura

BJP slams Yashwant Sinha, says his appeal to Murmu depicts 'nasty mindset'

Hitting back at oppn candidate for polls Yashwant Sinha for his "rubber stamp" comments, BJP General Secretary said a feeling that an Adivasi woman is not capable itself depicts one's "nasty mindset"

Sinha urges Murmu to affirm she won't be 'rubber stamp' President

BJP-led NDA's candidate for presidential polls, Droupadi Murmu was asked to make an affirmation that she will not be a "rubber stamp Rashtrapati" by Yashwant Sinha , her political opponent

We need a thinking, speaking President; not rubber stamp: Yashwant Sinha

Yashwant Sinha, the candidate in the presidential election, on Wednesday said a "thinking and speaking" person should be the resident of Rashtrapati Bhavan and not a rubber stamp.

Will reach out to old BJP colleagues for support: Prez nominee Sinha

Yashwant Sinha, the common opposition candidate for the presidential election, on Monday said he would reach out to his former colleagues in the BJP seeking their support. Addressing a press conference here, Sinha described the candidature of his rival NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu, a tribal, as part of "politics of symbolism" and insisted that he would contest the poll on the track record of the Modi government with regard to the welfare of backward communities. Sinha, who filed his nomination for the July 18 election, hit out at the BJP saying that the saffron party under Prime Minister Narendra Modi lacked internal democracy. "The BJP I was part of had internal democracy, the current BJP lacks internal democracy, he said. Sinha served as finance minister and external affairs minister in the government led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee. He had resigned from the BJP in 2018 and joined the Trinamool Congress in 2021. He quit the Trinamool Congress before his candidature was announced on Jun

Presidential polls: 56 candidates filed nominations so far, say officials

A total of 56 candidates, including NDA's Droupadi Murmu and opposition's Yashwant Sinha, have filed their nominations for the upcoming presidential election till Monday evening, a data revealed

NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu to file her nomination today

Droupadi Murmu met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, and BJP President JP Nadda to seek their support for Presidential Election 2022