NDA Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu winds up campaign in 7 NE States

GUWAHATI/AIZAWL: On the last leg of her three-day tour to seven of the eight Northeastern States, NDA Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu on Thursday campaigned in Assam and Mizoram for the July 18 Presidential poll.

Murmu - the first woman tribal leader to contest for the country's highest Constitutional post - received a rousing welcome in both Assam and Mizoram.

The 64-year-old leader held a series of meetings with the Chief Ministers, Ministers, MLAs and MPs of BJP and its allies in the Northeastern States and sought support for her candidature.

In Guwahati, the NDA Presidential candidate met Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, his Cabinet colleagues and MLAs and MPs of BJP and its allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and United People's Party Liberal (UPPL).

In Aizawl, after meeting Mizoram Chief Minister Zoramthanga, his Cabinet colleagues, MLAs and MPs, Murmu also met Mizoram Governor Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati at the Raj Bhawan where they had a brief interaction.

She enquired about various facets of Mizoram and said that she was very much impressed with the natural beauty and the climate of Mizoram.

Murmu, accompanied by Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal, Union Minister Pratima Bhoumik and senior BJP leaders, visited Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Nagaland on Wednesday after visiting Tripura and Manipur on Tuesday.

"Murmu after visiting West Bengal in the weekend would go to another Northeastern State Sikkim on Saturday to campaign for her candidature," Bhoumik told IANS.

In the Northeastern States, Chief Ministers and other senior ministers along with leaders received her at the airports while artistes from different communities welcomed her with colourful traditional performances.

According to the political analysts, Murmu, who was also a Minister in Odisha and Governor of Jharkhand, would get maximum votes in the eight Northeastern States against her rival and Opposition parties' sponsored candidate Yashwant Sinha as four of the eight Northeastern States - Assam, Tripura, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh - are governed by the BJP while the remaining four states are ruled by the NDA allies.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh also sounded optimistic about Murmu's victory. (IANS)

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