[Watch] President Polls: Odisha’s Droupadi Murmu Files Nomination

New Delhi: NDA’s Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu, former Jharkhand Governor and a tribal BJP leader from Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, filed her nomination at Parliament House on Friday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president J P Nadda and a host of other NDA ministers and leaders.

Murmu had on Thursday met Modi, Shah, Singh and Nadda in the national capital. “I thank all and seek cooperation from everyone for the Presidential election. I will meet all voters (lawmakers) and seek their support before July 18,” she had said in a brief statement.

As directed by BJD president and Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, BJD ministers Jagannath Saraka and Tukuni Sahu too were present at Parliament House, representing the party at the nomination filing. They are also proposers from the BJD for the candidature of Murmu and signed her nomination papers on Thursday.