Page 2 - Presidential Elections

Murmu's Kolkata visit cancelled due to national mourning for Shinzo Abe

Murmu has been visiting various states to seek support from the lawmakers for the July 18 presidential polls.

Patnaik kept rakhi' promise, will be indebted to him for support: Murmu

Officials had said on Thursday that Murmu, a tribal resident of Mayurbhanj district, would be treated as a state guest when she visited Odisha for her campaign.

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Fight to safeguard Constitutional values to continue after Prez poll: Sinha

Sinha, who visited Hyderabad as part of his poll campaign, was accorded a grand welcome at the Begumpet airport here by TRS president and Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao.

AIADMK, allies extend support to NDA Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu

Murmu met the leaders of AIADMK- K Palaniswami and O Panneerselvam, Tamil Maanila Congress president G K Vasan, and Pattali Makkal Katchi president Dr Anbumani Ramadoss, who all extended their support

Presidential elections, a fight between two ideologies: Yashwant Sinha

Launching an attack on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he said the PM never believed in "consensus" but only "confrontation."

Could've considered supporting Droupadi had BJP informed before: Mamata

Banerjee also admitted that Draupadi Murmu has a better chance of winning than Yashwant Sinha, the unanimous opposition candidate.

Tripura CM likely to take oath as MLA after presidential election: Speaker

Congress's Sudip Roy Barman, who won the Agartala seat, and BJP's Mailna Das (Jubarajnagar) and Swapna Das (Surma) were swron in as MLAs by Speaker Ratan Chakraborty at the assembly's lobby.

Yashwant Sinha files nomination for prez poll in presence of Rahul Gandhi

Opposition's presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha on Monday filed his nomination papers for the July 18 election. Sinha handed over four sets of nomination papers to Rajya Sabha Secretary General P C Mody, who is the returning officer for the presidential election. Top opposition leaders including NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi, Mallikarjun Kharge, Jairam Ramesh, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav, DMK's A Raja and NC leader Farooq Abdullah were present when Sinha submitted his nomination papers. Sinha was named as the common opposition candidate for the presidential election on June 21. NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu has already filed her nomination papers last week.

Opposition's presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha to file nomination today

Yashwant Sinha was chosen as the consensus candidate for presidential polls from the Joint Opposition in a meeting on June 21

Prez poll: Oppn leaders to meet on Monday ahead of Sinha's nomination

Sinha will address a press conference on Monday at 4 p.m. and will then begin his campaign

Elevating one person does not elevate entire community: Yashwant Sinha

'BJP's projection of Murmu is nothing more than political symbolism'

NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu to file her nomination today

Droupadi Murmu met Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Minister Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, and BJP President JP Nadda to seek their support for Presidential Election 2022

Nadda seeks opposition's support for Droupadi Murmu as President: Report

Sources said Nadda called up Cong leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, former prime minister and JDS leader H D Devegowda while seeking to build a consensus on Murmu's candidature

Murmu in Delhi: Meets PM Modi, Shah ahead of filing nomination papers

The 64-year-old former Jharkhand governor, who has been the cynosure of attention since she was chosen for the post by the BJP-led NDA earlier this week

Oppn's prez candidate Yashwant Sinha holds 1st campaign strategy meeting

Sinha will file his nomination for the presidential polls on June 27 and is most likely to begin campaigning from Jharkhand and Bihar.

Surprised, delighted on being nominated as Presidential candidate: Murmu

The NDA's Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu has said she is optimistic about getting the support of all MLAs and MPs from Odisha cutting across party lines as she is the daughter of the soil

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Shiv Sena likely to skip opposition meet to decide presidential candidate

Battling a crisis in the Maharashtra government, the Shiv Sena leaders are likely to skip the opposition parties meeting on Tuesday to finalise their joint candidate for the Presidential election

Yashwant Sinha quits TMC, says time to work for greater Oppn unity

TMC leader Yashwant Sinha said that he will "step aside" from the party to work for the larger national cause of greater Opposition unity