New Delhi, 18 July 2022

As per news report of NDTV, About 350 electors, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former PM Manmohan Singh, have voted so far. The election has coincided with the first day of Parliament's Monsoon session. Droupadi Murmu, 64, was a strong contender for the country's highest office before the 2017 presidential elections before Bihar Governor Ram Nath Kovind, a Dalit, was named as the government's choice. The NDA choice of Ms Murmu - a tribal woman from Odisha and a former Jharkhand Governor - is seen as a calculated move, drawing the support not only of Jharkhand's ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, but also Odisha's Naveen Patnaik, seen as a fence-sitter. Ms Murmu has also been assured of support by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who lately is seldom on the same page as ally BJP.

Source -NDTV

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