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Setback to Sinha as after Sena, JMM announces support for Murmu

  •   Fri, Jul 15 2022 09:19:07 AM

New Delhi, Jul 15 (IANS): Just three days ahead of the Presidential election scheduled on July 18, the joint opposition nominee for the top post, Yashwant Sinha, faced a major setback after the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) officially announced its support for NDA Candidate Draupadi Murmu.

The announcement came close on the heels of Shiv Sena declaring support for Murmu.

The JMM issued a statement signed by its founder Shibu Soren, which said that after Independence, this is the first time that a tribal woman is contesting for the top Constitutional post and all the MPs and MLAs of the party will vote for Murmu.

The announcement came as a setback for Sinha, who was banking on the JMM because he hails from Jharkhand and had represented the state in the Lok Sabha for many years.

The Shiv Sena had on Tuesday announced that it will support NDA's Presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu.

Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray made the formal announcement after a series of consultations with the party MPs, MLAs and other leaders, including tribals.

"There have been absolutely no pressures from the MPs, as claimed in the media. However, many Sena leaders and office-bearers from tribal communities have requested us we take a decision to support Draupadi Murmu for the President's post," Thackeray said.

 
  

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  • myna, mysuru

    Fri, Jul 15 2022

    Mamatha Banerjee's greed to project herself as the focal point of opposition unity has boomeranged. She divided the opposition unity further and helped the NDA indirectly. Now she herself is undecided to back Mr Yeshwanth Sinha. Other opposition parties should have waited for the NDA candidate's announcement to chalk out their strategy and select their candidate. If the same trend continues by the opposition listening to an impulsive Mamatha, the opposition will be doomed in the next election. Discretion is always better than valour.

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  • Alwin, Mangaluru

    Fri, Jul 15 2022

    Notice is to be issued Mamata ,Deve Gowda, KRC shivsena about their double standard movement

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  • prakash, Manipal

    Fri, Jul 15 2022

    This presidential poll is a foregone conclusion... Only Mr. Sinha will have chance to make certain relevant points... Once again we will miss an opportunity of having a statesman of his caliber to be our first citizen... As for Mrs. Murmu, she is just another Shobhaji where the ruling party is forced to act much against its inner will...

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  • real kujuma, kodial

    Fri, Jul 15 2022

    booty amassed by the blueJpigs during demonetization plays a huge roll in post 2016 political scenario of the country...all other political parties lost their black money while the nagpur gulams made because they knew what is going to happen before hand...so here also the money has exchanged hands...

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