From Councillor To Governor, Draupadi Murmu Is India's 1st Tribal Presidential Candidate
By Archis Chowdhury On Tuesday, former governor of Jharkhand, and Bharatiya Janata Party member Draupadi Murmu, was nominated by the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance as a candidate for the upcoming presidential elections, following the end of Ram Nath Kovind's tenure as the President of India. Murmu, a tribal leader from Odisha, is the first person belonging to a scheduled tribe to be nominated for the position. If elected, she would become India's first tribal president, and the second female president after Pratibha Patil. She also the first female governor of Jharkhand, and the only one...