The parties supporting NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu

New Delhi: NDA presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu, who’s in West Bengal to hunt assist for her candidature for the 18 July election, on Tuesday visited the ancestral home of Swami Vivekananda in north Kolkata.

Murmu was accompanied by BJP leaders Suvendu Adhikari, Sukanta Majumdar, Agnimitra Pal and others. She garlanded the statue of Swamiji at his ancestral residence on Shimla Road and paid obeisance to him.

Murmu was handed over books of Ramakrishna Paramhansa by monks of the Ramakrishna Mission. The NDA presidential candidate signed the customer’s ebook saved on the home of Swamiji.
She’s going to meet BJP MPs and MLAs of the state later within the day.

Murmu is visiting varied states to garner assist from lawmakers for the presidential ballot. Listed below are the events, which have prolonged assist to the NDA presidential candidate up to now:

Andhra Pradesh

Forward of Murmu’s go to to Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday, the Telugu Desam Occasion, chief Opposition within the Andhra Pradesh Meeting, on Monday introduced its assist for her.

TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu made the announcement at a gathering of the celebration’s technique committee. “The TDP at all times stood for social justice. It had previously supported Okay R Narayanan and APJ Abdul Kalam for the President’s publish,” Naidu stated. In the identical spirit they have been extending assist to Murmu, the primary Adivasi girl chosen for the very best constitutional publish.

The TDP has one member within the Rajya Sabha, three members in Lok Sabha and 23 members in Andhra Pradesh Legislative Meeting.

The ruling YSRC with 31 MPs and 151 MLAs has already pledged its assist to Murmu. The lone MLA of Jana Sena, who has just about defected to the YSRC, may even vote alongside. In impact, all votes from Andhra Pradesh will go to Murmu.

Maharashtra

The Shiv Sena too has prolonged assist to Murmu on Monday, though they clarified, “We mentioned Droupadi Murmu (NDA’s Presidential candidate) in our assembly yesterday… supporting Droupadi Murmu doesn’t imply supporting BJP. Shiv Sena’s position can be clear in a day or two. Occasion chief Uddhav Thackeray will decide,” Occasion MP and spokesperson Sanjay Raut stated.

On Monday, 16 of complete 18 Shiv Sena Lok Sabha MPs bodily attended the important thing assembly on the presidential elections convened by Uddhav Thackeray at ‘Matoshree’ in Mumbai. All agreed on supporting Murmu.

Different events

Bharatiya Janata Occasion (BJP), Janata Dal United (JDU), All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK), Biju Janata Dal (BJD), Bahujan Samaj Occasion (BSP), Apna Dal Sonelal (ADS), Rashtriya Lok Janshakti Occasion (RLJP), Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), Paattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), Naga Folks’s Entrance (NPF), Nationwide Folks’s Occasion (NPP), Jannayak Janta Occasion (JJP), United Folks’s Occasion Liberal (UPPL), Mizo Nationwide Entrance (MNF), Nirbal Indian Shoshit Hamara Aam Dal (NISHAD), Nationalist Progressive Democratic Occasion (NDPP), All Jharkhand College students Union (AJSU) Lok Janshakti Occasion (Ram Vilas) Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS), Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (JCC), Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), Hindustani Awam Morcha (HAM), Bodoland Folks’s Entrance (BPF), Rashtriya Samaj Paksha (RASP), Jana Sena Occasion (JSP), All India Namathu Rajiyam Congress (AINRC), Haryana Lokhit Occasion (HLP), United Democratic Occasion (UDP), Folks’s Democratic Entrance (PDF), Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Occasion (MGP), Hill State Folks’s Democratic Occasion (HSPDP), Kuki Folks’s Alliance (KPA), Republican Occasion of India Athawale (RPI-A), Tamil Maanila Congress Moopanar (TMC-M)m Indigenous Peoples Entrance of Tripura (IPFT), Puratchi Bharatham Katchi (PBK), Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), Jansatta Dal Loktantrik (JSDL).

Opposition

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had not too long ago stated that Murmu, a tribal BJP chief from Odisha, might have been a consensus candidate had the saffron celebration mentioned with the Opposition events earlier than fielding her.

Main non-BJP events of the nation, together with the Congress and the TMC, have named former Union minister Yashwant Sinha because the joint nominee for the presidential election. The events supporting him are:

Indian Nationwide Congress (INC), Nationalist Congress Occasion (NCP), Trinamool Congress (TMC), Communist Occasion of India (CPI), Communist Occasion of India Marxist (CPI-M), Samajwadi Occasion (SP), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), Revolutionary Socialist Occasion (RSP), Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), Nationwide Convention, All India United Democratic Entrance (AUDF), Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM).

The Shibu Soren-led Jharkhand Mukti Morcha is but undecided on who to assist for the upcoming presidential elections. Murmu and Soren are each tribal leaders and belong to the Santhal ethnic group, which has a sizeable inhabitants in Jharkhand in addition to in Odisha, from the place she hails. And the latter has already prolonged its assist.

Murmu had earlier known as up Soren to hunt JMM’s assist for the polls.

Senior JMM chief Lobin Hembrom stated Soren has been authorised by the celebration to speak to the Centre and take the “acceptable determination” on supporting the presidential candidate.

Undecided

In addition to the JMM, which stories counsel is prone to assist Murmu, the next events are but to choose a aspect:

Based on Information 9, Janata Dal Secular (JDS) Aam Aadmi Occasion (AAP), Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar (SAD-A), Swabhimani Paksha (SWP), Indian Nationwide Lok Dal (INLD), Revolutionary Goans Occasion (RGP),  Bharatiya Tribal Occasion (BTP), Rashtriya Loktantrik Occasion (RLP), Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), Sikkim Democratic Entrance (SDF),  Zoram Folks’s Motion (ZPM), Khun Hynniewtrep Nationwide Awakening Motion (KHNAM), Goa Ahead Occasion (GFP), Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi (BVA), Peasants and Employees Occasion of India (PWPI), Prahar Janshakti Occasion (PJP), Shiv Sena insurgent group (Eknath Shinde), Indian Secular Entrance (ISF).

The quandary

Assist for Murmu has been rising and has left the Opposition in a quandary, who at the moment are afraid of alienating their tribal vote financial institution. For example, Chhattisgarh has a greater than 30 per cent tribal inhabitants as per the 2011 Census and ruling Congress dispensation led by Bhupesh Baghel has prolonged assist for Yashwant Sinha. Equally, Mamata Banerjee’s softening in the direction of Murmu can be backed by comparable causes — it fears that she may alienate the tribal voters in West Bengal forward of the panchayat elections subsequent yr and the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

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