Know Droupadi Murmu, the NDA Presidential candidate

Chandigarh, June 21

Droupadi Murmu was born on June 20, 1958, at Mayurbhanj, Odisha. She did her graduation from Ramadevi Women’s College, Bhubaneswar. After working as an honourary assistant professor in the Shri Aurobindo Integral Education and Research, Rairangpur and then as a junior assistant in the irrigation department of Odisha, she joined BJP in 1997.

Droupadi Murmu, once elected, will not only be the first tribal President of India, the first leader from the east to hold the highest office, but will also be the first President of India to be born after independence.

Political journey

• She was elected as the councillor of Rairangpur district of Odisha in 1997. Murmu went on to become the Vice – Chairperson of Rairangpur the exact same year.

• In 2000 assembly elections, she was elected from the same constituency and was given the Department of Transport and Commerce till 2002.

• Government of Odisha gave her the portfolio of Fisheries and Animal Husbandry in 2002. She served at the post till 2004.

• Murmu remained the BJP district president for the Mayurbhanj district from 2002 to 2009.

• In 2004, she was elected as an MLA from Rairangpur and served till 2009.

• Bhartiya Janata Party named her as the state president of Scheduled Tribe Morcha of Odisha in 2006. She remained in the post till 2009.

• She was again named as the BJP district president for the Mayurbhanj district in 2010.

• In 2013, she became BJP district president for the same district for the third time. She was on the post until April 2015.

• She was given the charge of Governor of Jharkhand in May 2015.