Presidential Polls: Droupadi Murmu Meets Jharkhand Chief Minister, Seeks Support
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President Polls: NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu and JMM president Shibu Soren are both tribal leaders and belong to the Santhal ethnic group.
NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu visited Jharkhand on Monday and sought the support of ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, a tribal party, besides BJP legislators and parliamentarians in the state for her election to the country's topmost office.
She met JMM president Shibu Soren, its executive president and Chief Minister Hemant Soren besides the NDA MLAs and parliamentarians in the state.
The JMM, which is yet to announce its stand on support to Ms Murmu or the opposition parties' nominee Yashwant Sinha in the July 18 presidential polls, will take the decision this week, a party spokesperson said.
The CM extended a warm welcome to Ms Murmu, who is the former governor of the state, on her arrival. She was accompanied by union ministers Arjun Munda, Annapurna Devi and Arjun Meghwal, besides BJP state president Deepak Prakash.
