Know your next president: Draupadi Murmu
Draupadi murmur:- Draupadi Murmu is a tribal leader from Odisha. She was b orn on June 20, 1958, in the Baidaposi village of Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, Murmu belongs to Santhal ethnic group. Murmu was the State minister having independent charge of commerce and transport, fisheries and animal husbandry from 2000 to 2004. Over the next decade, she held several leading roles within the BJP, including the State president of the ST Morcha and the BJP district president of Mayurbhan. In 2015, she became the first tribal Governor of Jharkhand and completed her five-year term. On Tuesday she was chosen as the ruling NDA’s candidate for the forthcoming Presidential election. The decision was taken at the BJP’s parliamentary board meeting. Former BJP stalwart Yashwant Sinha is the Opposition's pick. The two veterans will battle it out on July 18, when the electoral college will vote to elect the new President of India. The BJP has always stressed that it is far different from the up