National Democratic Alliance (NDA) presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu today called up some key opposition leaders, including- Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Nationalist Congress Party's (NCP) Sharad Pawar and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, and seek their support for the Presidential polls. Draupadi Murmu called them up personally and spoke to them before filing her nomination for the presidential election. All the three leaders expressed their wishes to her.
She filed her nomination today in the presence her proposers PM Modi, senior ministers Rajnath Singh and Amit Shah and BJP president JP Nadda. Murmu's nomination papers were prepared by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshia. Several chief ministers of BJP-ruled states including Yogi Adityanath, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Manohar Lal Khattar, Jairam Thakur, Pushkar Singh Dhami and leaders of some NDA supporting parties like YSRCP, BJD and AIADMK were also present during her nomination filing.
The polling to elect the next President of India will take place on July 18 while counting, if needed, on July 21.
