New Delhi: Today, the country will get its 15th President. After voting for the presidency on July 18, the counting of votes will begin at Parliament House at 11 am on Thursday.

NDA’s presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu is likely to win this election. If Draupadi Murmu wins the presidential election, she will become the country’s first tribal woman president.

In fact, 15 years ago, on July 21, the country got the first woman president Pratibha Devisingh Patil. Pratibha Patil had won the counting of votes for the Presidential election held on July 21, 2007. She was sworn in as President on July 25, 2007.

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New Delhi: Voting is underway on Monday for the election of the 16th President of India.

Polling began at 10 am and Prime Minister Narendra Modi was among the first to vote. Polling will be held till 5 pm. The counting of votes will take place on July 21 and the swearing-in ceremony of the next President will take place on July 25.

Draupadi Murmu from national democratic alliance (NDA) and former Union minister Yashwant Sinha from United Progressive Alliance (UPA) are candidates for the post of president.

Draupadi Murmu has previously served as the Governor of Jharkhand. If the tribal leader Murmu is elected, Murmu will be the first President of India belonging to the tribal community. Former Union minister Yashwant Sinha is the candidate from opposition parties who was once a senior BJP leader. Sinha had quit the BJP in 2018, alleging that the BJP did not have internal democracy.

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Chandigarh: The Akali Dal, an estranged former ally of BJP, today has announced its support to the NDA’s presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu.

The Shiromani Akali Dal will support Draupadi Murmu despite the fact that his party has differences with the BJP, Akali Dal said.

There were differences of opinion on farmers’ issues and the three farm laws. Akali Dal had snapped its alliance with BJP in protest against three-farm bills.

“We continue to have political differences with the BJP be it on the farm laws earlier or the issue of release of the Sikh detenues presently, but we cannot support a candidate propped up by the Congress party which attacked Sri Darbar Sahib & massacred thousands of Sikhs in 1984,” Sukhbir Badal wrote on his Twitter.

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New Delhi: The political turmoil over the presidential election continues to grow. The Bharatiya Janata Party has named Draupadi Murmu, a tribal leader from Odisha, as its presidential candidate on behalf of the NDA. On the other hand, the opposition has placed its bets on former finance minister and ex BJP leader Yashwant Sinha.

The presidential election will be held on July 19 and the results will be announced on July 21.

Meanwhile, the opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha has a Master’s degree in Political Science. After receiving his Masters degree, he also worked for some time as a teacher in Patna University.

On the other hand, NDA’s presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu comes from the Santhal family of Odisha. She received her initial education from a private school in Odisha and then earned her graduation degree in arts from Rama Devi Women’s College Bhubaneswar.

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New Delhi: West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee today suggested the names of Mahatma Gandhi’s grandson Gopalkrishna Gandhi and National Conference patron Farooq Abdullah for the presidential candidate during a meeting of opposition parties here.

National Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar was urged to contest for the prestigious post during the meeting, but he had denied it.

Meanwhile, the next meet of opposition leaders to take place on June 21.

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