Show of Strength: Droupadi Murmu Files Her Nomination For Presidential Election In Presence of PM Modi, Cabinet Ministers

The presidential election is scheduled for July 18 and the votes will be counted on July 21. The last date for filing nominations is June 29. Stay tuned to India.com for all the updates on Presidential Election 2022. 

Written by: India.com News Desk Edited by: Analiza Pathak

Updated: June 24, 2022, 4:20 PM IST

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New Delhi: Droupadi Murmu, the presidential candidate of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA, on Friday filed nomination for the presidential election 2022 on June 24. Murmu, a former Governor of Jharkhand and a former Odisha minister, was declared NDA’s presidential candidate on Tuesday. Stay tuned to India.com for all the updates on Presidential Election 2022.

Presidential Election 2022:  Here’s What We Know so Far  

• BJP has invited all of its allies to join in the nomination ceremony including the chief ministers of NDA-ruled states.
• Besides, Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik made an appeal to all MLAs of Odisha to support Murmu’s candidature. He openly came out and endorsed the candidature of Murmu, who hails from Odisha.
• After the announcement, the 64-year-old leader said she was surprised to learn about her candidature and was unable to believe it and noted that she will work according to the powers of the President enshrined in the constitution.
• The presidential election is scheduled for July 18 and the votes will be counted on July 21. The last date for filing nominations is June 29. The president is elected by the members of the electoral college consisting of MPs from both Houses of Parliament and MLAs of all states, including the Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry.
• Congress leader Jairam Ramesh announced that former Union minister Yashwant Sinha will be the common candidate of the Opposition parties for the Presidential election.

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• Jun 24, 2022 4:17 PM IST

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• Jun 24, 2022 1:12 PM IST

  #WATCH NDA's Presidential election candidate Droupadi Murmu files her nomination in the presence of PM Modi, Union cabinet ministers & CMs of BJP & NDA ruled states pic.twitter.com/PkZDXeL3L1

  — ANI (@ANI) June 24, 2022
• Jun 24, 2022 1:12 PM IST

  Presidential Election 2022 LIVE: NDA’s Presidential election candidate Droupadi Murmu speaks with Congress interim-President Sonia Gandhi, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee & NCP chief Sharad Pawar seeking their party’s support for her candidature in the Presidential election, news agency ANI quoted sources as saying.
• Jun 24, 2022 12:54 PM IST

  Presidential Election 2022 LIVE: Droupadi Murmu files her nomination in the presence of PM Modi, Union cabinet ministers, CMs of BJP and NDA ruled states, at Parliament building.
• Jun 24, 2022 12:52 PM IST

  #WATCH | Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at the Parliament ahead of the filing of nomination by NDA's Presidential election candidate Droupadi Murmu pic.twitter.com/3T3ZBBNV29

  — ANI (@ANI) June 24, 2022
• Jun 24, 2022 12:52 PM IST

  Presidential Election 2022: PM Modi arrives at Parliament building for nomination filing of NDA’s candidate Draupadi Murmu for the Presidential election.
• Jun 24, 2022 12:51 PM IST

  Presidential Election 2022: NDA’s Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu pays tributes at the statues of Mahatma Gandhi, Dr BR Ambedkar and Birsa Munda at Parliament, ahead of filing her nomination.
• Jun 24, 2022 12:45 PM IST

  Presidential Election 2022 LIVE: NDA’s candidate for the Presidential election Draupadi Murmu arrives at Parliament for filing her nomination

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