Droupadi Murmu

Murmu will also be meeting several Union ministers and veteran leaders before filing her nomination for the post of President on Friday. Sharing pictures of his meeting with Murmu on Twitter, Prime Minister Modi wrote, "Met Smt. Droupadi Murmu Ji. Her Presidential nomination has been appreciated across India by all sections of society. Her understanding of grassroots problems and vision for India's development is outstanding."

Odisha's ST & SC Development and Law Minister Jagannath Saraka and Water Resources, Commerce & Transport Minister Tukuni Sahu have left for the national capital and they will sign the nomination papers of Murmu as the proposers. The BJD took this move after BJP President J.P. Nadda spoke to Patnaik in this regard.

Murmu will compete against the joint opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha. Yashwant Sinha is a former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader, former Union minister and currently a Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday praised Droupadi Murmu and said, "Droupadi Murmu Ji has devoted her life to serving society and empowering the poor, downtrodden as well as the marginalised. She has rich administrative experience and had an outstanding gubernatorial tenure.