CRPF has provided the security to Droupadi Murmu
New Delhi: On Wednesday, Officials said that the Central government has provided 'Z ' category armed security cover by Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel to NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu.
From Wednesday morning, the CRPF has provided the security to Ms. Murmu following orders received from the Ministry of Home Affairs on Tuesday evening, an official, privy to the development, told ANI.
This action is taken after the BJP named former Jharkhand governor Draupadi Murmu as the ruling National Democratic Alliance's presidential candidate on Tuesday.
If elected, the 64-year-old leader from Odisha will be the first tribal and the second woman to become the President of India.
Ms. Murmu was the first woman and tribal leader from Odisha to be appointed as governor of any state. She served as the governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021, the first governor to complete the term in the state.
She was also in consideration for the presidential post in 2017 but later Ramnath Kovind became the President.
Her political career began when she contested and won an election for councillor in Rairangpur, Odisha.
Later on, she won the assembly election in 2000 from Rairangpur and became a minister in the BJD-BJP government in the state. She earned great respect in her tenure as an MLA and minister in the state.
The BJP's move to name Ms. Murmu as its presidential candidate comes ahead of assembly elections in Gujarat, MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh.
The four states have 128 seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes, out of which the BJP had won just 35 seats in the last assembly elections.
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