Patna: The ruling JD(U) in Bihar on Wednesday extended its support to him. NDA Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu.
Expressing happiness over Murmu’s announcement NDA presidential candidateBihar CM Nitish Kumar It is a matter of great pleasure that a tribal woman has been selected as a candidate for the highest post of the country.
Nitish said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called him on Tuesday to inform him that Murmu was being made the NDA’s candidate for the presidential election. Nitish said in a statement on Wednesday, “Heartfelt thanks to the PM for selecting a tribal woman who has proved her mettle as a minister in Odisha and also during her governor’s tenure in Jharkhand.”
The JD(U) has 21 members in Parliament and 52 MLAs in three states- Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur. With 16 members in the Lok Sabha, the JD(U) is the BJP’s largest ally in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the Centre.
Just an hour before Nitish’s statement, JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh said, “His party welcomes and supports Draupadi Murmu’s candidature for the post of President.”
“Born in a poor family, the tribal woman Mrs. Draupadi Murmu There is a candidate in the presidential election. Bihar Chief Minister @NitishKumar has always been dedicated to women empowerment and members of the underprivileged sections. … JD(U) welcomes and supports the candidature of Mrs. Draupadi Murmu for the post of President,” Lalan Singh said in a series of two tweets posted in Hindi.
This is the first time in the last three presidential elections that Nitish’s JD(U) will support a candidate of its own coalition. Twice in the past during presidential elections, Nitish Kumar had gone against the political alliance in which his JD(U) was a part.
For the first time in 2012, the JD(U) went against the BJP-led NDA, despite being in the NDA, to support Congress veteran Pranab Mukherjee.
Again in 2017, the JD(U) voted for the NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind, despite being a member of the grand alliance (grand alliance) of the RJD and the Congress. Then, Nitish had argued that he supported the NDA candidate Kovind as he was the governor of Bihar before being declared a candidate for the post of President.
Expressing happiness over Murmu’s announcement NDA presidential candidateBihar CM Nitish Kumar It is a matter of great pleasure that a tribal woman has been selected as a candidate for the highest post of the country.
Nitish said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had called him on Tuesday to inform him that Murmu was being made the NDA’s candidate for the presidential election. Nitish said in a statement on Wednesday, “Heartfelt thanks to the PM for selecting a tribal woman who has proved her mettle as a minister in Odisha and also during her governor’s tenure in Jharkhand.”
The JD(U) has 21 members in Parliament and 52 MLAs in three states- Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur. With 16 members in the Lok Sabha, the JD(U) is the BJP’s largest ally in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at the Centre.
Just an hour before Nitish’s statement, JD(U) national president Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh said, “His party welcomes and supports Draupadi Murmu’s candidature for the post of President.”
“Born in a poor family, the tribal woman Mrs. Draupadi Murmu There is a candidate in the presidential election. Bihar Chief Minister @NitishKumar has always been dedicated to women empowerment and members of the underprivileged sections. … JD(U) welcomes and supports the candidature of Mrs. Draupadi Murmu for the post of President,” Lalan Singh said in a series of two tweets posted in Hindi.
This is the first time in the last three presidential elections that Nitish’s JD(U) will support a candidate of its own coalition. Twice in the past during presidential elections, Nitish Kumar had gone against the political alliance in which his JD(U) was a part.
For the first time in 2012, the JD(U) went against the BJP-led NDA, despite being in the NDA, to support Congress veteran Pranab Mukherjee.
Again in 2017, the JD(U) voted for the NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind, despite being a member of the grand alliance (grand alliance) of the RJD and the Congress. Then, Nitish had argued that he supported the NDA candidate Kovind as he was the governor of Bihar before being declared a candidate for the post of President.