BSP announces support for Droupadi Murmu

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BSP announces support for Droupadi Murmu

Sunday, 26 June 2022 | PNS | Lucknow

Bahujan Samaj Party president Mayawati on Saturday announced support for Droupadi Murmu, the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party.

The BSP has decided to extend support to Droupadi Murmu in the forthcoming presidential elections, keeping in mind the Adivasi community which is an important part of the party’s movement. The decision was taken not with a view to supporting the BJP or the NDA or going against the opposition led by the UPA, but in view of the party and its commitment to making a capable and dedicated Adivasi woman the president of the country, the BSP chief and former chief minister of Uttar Pradesh said.

The BSP has 10 Lok Sabha MPs and three Rajya Sabha MPs. However, two Rajya Sabha MPs will retire on July 4, that is 14 days before the polling for the presidential election.  The party also has one MLA in the UP Legislative Assembly.

Mayawati also hit out at the opposition for not consulting her while selecting former minister Yashwant Sinha as their candidate.

A joint front of the Trinamool Congress, Congress, Nationalist Congress Party, Samajwadi Party, Rashtriya Janata Dal, AIMIM, National Conference and DMK met earlier this month to pick a consensus candidate and settled for Sinha after Sharad Pawar and Farooq Abdullah said ‘no’.

“Mamata Banerjee invited only selected parties to the meeting on June 15 to select an opposition candidate for the presidential election. When Sharad Pawar called a meeting on June 21, the BSP was not invited even then. It shows their casteist motives,” Mayawati said.

Murmu is widely expected to become the first tribal woman to become the President of India. The former Jharkhand governor will be backed by the Biju Janata Dal of Odisha, which is Murmu's native state, apart from the BJP.

The 64-year-old will be the first person from Odisha and the first tribal woman to occupy the top constitutional post, if she wins. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha and Janata Dal (Secular) of Karnataka led by former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda are also likely to support the NDA’s presidential candidate.

Murmu filed her nomination on Friday in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and a host of Union ministers, including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari apart from BJP president JP Nadda.

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