NDA Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu deserves unanimous assist of all MPs, MLAs: Naveen

By Express News Service

BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Friday reiterated that NDA Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu deserves the unanimous assist of all MPs and MLAs of the State.

Addressing a gathering of BJD MPs and MLAs on the state meeting right here within the presence of Murmu, the chief minister known as upon all of the lawmakers to solid their votes in her favour.

Addressing the assembly, Murmu recalled the day when she had tied rakhi to the chief minister and mentioned that the brother has now given a present to her spontaneously with out her asking for it. “When my name was announced as the NDA Presidential candidate, he (Naveen) was the first to declare support for me,” she mentioned.

Murmu additionally had a gathering with the BJP MPs and MLAs on the state visitor home right here after her assembly with the BJD lawmakers. She left for Naveen Nivas after the assembly the place she had lunch with the chief minister earlier than leaving the state.

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Earlier, Murmu was accorded a rousing welcome on the airport. Murmu, a local of tribal-dominated Mayurbhanj district, obtained a ceremonial reception on the Biju Patnaik International Airport right here with BJP’s lady legislator Kusum Tete performing a tribal dance and celebration’s Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi enjoying the cymbals.

Tribal girls dressed of their conventional apparel carried out people dances similar to Ghoda (horse) and Bagha (tiger) on the streets resulting in the airport. Several teams of ‘Kirtan’ (devotional songs) singers additionally carried out welcoming Murmu.

Several senior leaders of the ruling BJD and BJP together with state president of the BJP Samir Mohanty, minister for meals provides and client welfare Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak and vice-president of the ruling BJD Debi Prasad Mishra have been current on the airport to welcome her. Sarangi thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for choosing an Odia for the highest most submit.