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Odisha's Droupadi Murmu: From civil servant to presidential nominee

Murmu holds the distinction of becoming the first woman Governor of Jharkhand; if elected, Murmu will also be the first president to be born after Independence

Presidential polls: Oppn's Yashwant Sinha to file nomination on Jun 27

Opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha will file his nomination on June 27 at 11Former union minister Sinha has been chosen as the consensus candidate from the Joint Opposition for the upcoming Presidential elections which will take place on July 18, 2022."We are going to file the nomination for the Presidential elections on 27th June at 11.30 am," said Pawar at the Opposition meeting.Meanwhile, BJP-led NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu is likely to her nomination on June 25, said sources on Tuesday.The late date for filing nominations for the Presidential election is June 29, the polling will take place on July 18 and the votes will be counted on July 21.Expressing his gratitude to West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, Sinha said, now a time has come when for a larger national cause to step aside from the party to work for greater opposition unity."I am grateful to Mamataji for the honour and prestige she bestowed on me in the TMC. Now a time ..

RSS leader mocks Opposition over Yashwant Sinha's nomination for president

Senior RSS leader Indresh Kumar on Tuesday ridiculed opposition parties for picking Yashwant Sinha as their presidential candidate, saying he was with the BJP which emerged from the Jan Sangh

Proud moment for Odisha: Patnaik on Murmu's nomination for president

Expressing his happiness over the nomination of Droupadi Murmu as the BJP-led NDA's presidential nominee, BJD supremo, Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik said it was a proud moment for the people of his state

Presidential poll: AAP yet to reveal decision; BJP, Oppn name candidates

The BJP parliamentary board named Droupadi Murmu, a tribal leader of the party from Odisha and the Oppn picked former Union minister Yashwant Sinha as their joint candidate

Mamata's dream of emerging as nucleus to remain unfulfilled, claims BJP

The BJP on Wednesday mocked West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee's efforts to unite opposition parties ahead of the upcoming presidential polls, and asserted that the TMC supremo would return empty-handed

AAP to skip Mamata-led Oppn meet to discuss strategy for President polls

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) will not join the meeting of the opposition parties called by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee to discuss the upcoming Presidential polls

Presidential poll: BJP leaders to meet Sonia today

BJP sources indicated their nominee would file papers on June 23

BJP panel reaches out to Opposition, allies for consensus on prez poll

New Delhi, June 14On Tuesday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief Amit Shah put in place a three-member panel to reach out to other parties, including the Opposition, to build consensus for the presidential poll. The result of the panel members having worked the phone to talk to non-National Democratic Alliance (NDA) parties for the past 24 hours was evident at today's strategy meet of the Opposition.If Shah's objective was to sow seeds of confusion among Opposition ranks, it seemed to have hit bullseye, at least for the present. The meeting of Opposition leaders was marred by sundry parties issuing caveats on how they would support the BJP-led NDA's nominee if the ruling coalition were to field a particular candidate.The panel, meanwhile, is scheduled to meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Communist Paryt of India (Marxist) chief Sitaram Yechury on Friday. Panel member and union minister M Venkaiah Naidu has spoken with PMK's Anbumani Ramadoss, N Rangasamy of All India NR ...

Grind begins for presidential election: Who can vote, dates and schedule

Polling will take place in Parliament House and in the premises of legislative assemblies

Presidential poll to be held on July 17, counting on July 20: EC

The term of President Pranab Mukherjee ends on July 24

Presidential poll: BJP leaders meet Sonia, Yechury but no names discussed

The last date for filing of nominations is June 28

It's a Dalit vs Dalit race: Meira Kumar to be Oppn's Presidential candidate

She was the unanimous choice of the 17 opposition parties that attended the meeting

Presidential poll: MPs, MLAs can't use own pens to vote, says EC

They will have to make a preference with a specially-designed writing instrument

Presidential elections 2017: Kovind likely to sail through as numbers favour NDA

NDA's candidate Ram Nath Kovind is squaring off against UPA's nominee Meira Kumar

Nitish Kumar supports Ram Nath Kovind; proves he's nobody's man but his own

Lalu Prasad promised to coax Nitish into supporting the opposition candidate Meira Kumar

Prez poll: Sreedharan says him being possible NDA candidate is speculation

Rajnath, Naidu met Sonia Gandhi to discuss the polls on Friday

Prez poll: BJP chief tasks Rajnath, Jaitley and Naidu to reach out to Oppn

New Delhi, 12 JuneBharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Amit Shah announced a three-member committee to consult other political parties on a candidate for the country's next President.This comes two days before a meeting of representatives of 17 parties in the opposition, to get a common candidate for the presidential poll, scheduled for July 17. Filing of nominations for the election begins on June 14 and continues till June 28. The BJP committee comprises Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Arun Jaitley and Venkaiah Naidu. "This committee will consult leaders of different political parties and try to evolve a consensus," the party said.The electoral college numbers are stacked against the opposition. It appears these parties would agree to put up a common candidate only if the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance were to field somebody with a strident 'Hindutva' image. Opposition leaders also conceded there could be an erosion in their unity if the BJP were to field an "acceptable ...