Draupadi Murmu: All about 64-year-old tribal leader who is set to be India's 15th President
Draupadi Murmu is tipped to become the next President of India.
Draupadi Murmu, NDA's Presidential candidate, is tipped to become the next President of India. She is contesting against Yashwant Sinha who is the joint opposition's nominee for the top constitutional job. A tribal leader from Rairangpur in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, Murmu is a soft-spoken leader. She made her way into the politics of Odisha with her sheer hard work. If Murmu (64) wins, she will become the first tribal and the second woman to hold the highest office.
Murmu was born on June 20, 1958. She graduated from Rama Devi Women's College, now a university. Murmu had also worked as a class-III employee in the Odisha Irrigation Department after completing her graduation. Pic: PTI
Before entering into politics, Murmu was a school teacher. She had worked as an assistant professor at the Shri Aurobindo Integral Education and Research Institute, Rairangpur. Pic: IANS
She represented Rairangpur Assembly seat in the Odisha Legislative Assembly from 2000 to 2009 and held multiple portfolios in the state government. Pic: IANS
While she was excelling in her political career, her personal life overshadowed her life with tragedies. She lost her husband in 2014 and two sons. But still, she worked to assuage the suffering in the lives of others. Pic: IANS
She served as the Governor of Jharkhand from May 2015 to July 2021, becoming the longest-serving Governor of the mineral-rich state which came into existence in 2000. Pic: PTI
If Murmu wins, she will also be the youngest President of India and the one to be born after India's independence in 1947. Pic: PTI
She served as the Governor of Jharkhand from May 2015 to July 2021, becoming the longest-serving Governor of the mineral-rich state which came into existence in 2000. Pic: PTI