NEW DELHI: History has been made as Draupadi Murmu becomes the new President of India. Draupadi Murmu is the first tribal woman to become President and the second woman President of the country. When Murmu from the Santal tribal community is about to enter into Rashtrapati Bhavan with the support of the opposition, it was another victory for the BJP and Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Out of total 3219 votes, Yashwant Sinha got 1058 votes and Murmu got 2161 votes.

Organizational skills and popularity

Draupadi Murmu rose to power without the help of any godfathers. Her exceptional skills in the field of governance and popularity helped her to climb the ladder to the top. She started her life journey by fighting hunger and poverty. Murmu, the first governor to complete her term in Jharkhand, is a great example of leadership and organizational skills. Murmu was also the first woman from the tribal community to hold the post of governor in the country. Murmu's term as governor was from 2015 to 2021.

Murmu entered politics from a teaching career. She completed higher education from from Ramadevi University, Bhubaneswar. In 1997, she contested as a Municipal Councilor of Rairangpur and won. Then, she worked as the Municipal Chairperson. Murmu later contested in assembly elections. She became an MLA from Rairangpur constituency on BJP ticket. She was a minister of state in the BJP-BJD joint cabinet. She was in charge of Departments of Transport, Commerce and Fisheries. Murmu has also held many important positions within the party. In 1997, Murmu became the state vice president of ST Morcha. From 2013 to 2015, she was a member of the National Executive Committee of ST Morcha.

While reaping benefits....

Murmu suffered several losses in her personal life amid her gains in politics. She witnessed the death of her husband and both of her sons. First her husband Shyam Charan Murmu died of cardiac arrest. Then her elder son Lakshman died. In 2012, Murmu's youngest son died in a road accident. She also has a daughter who is a bank employee.

Simplicity

After the NDA announced Murmu as their presidential candidate, the Union Home Ministry had granted her Z Plus security of CRPF commandos. The next day Murmu reached the temple near the house early in the morning and swept the ground before offering prayers. Seeing this, the commandos and the media were shocked. Even as they gathered around to capture these visuals, she continued doing her routine work without paying attention to them.

Unexpected undercurrents

Even when the presidential election was announced, the BJP had a clear decision on who should be the candidate. But they did not release any hint about it. Instead they tried to create news about a joint candidature. For this purpose, they met the leaders of the opposition parties several times. It is true that the slight drop in vote value worried BJP. To overcome this, they cleverly made moves. The situation was that the BJP and its allies could secure only 48.45 percent of the total vote value of the Electoral College. In order to ensure the victory of their candidate, they needed to secure 1.56 percent or more of the votes. For this, BJP wanted to create a feeling that they were rooting for a joint candidature. Then the opposition announced Yashwant Sinha as their candidate. The truth was that many in the opposition was not in favour of choosing Yashwant. When it became clear that things were favourable to them, the BJP announced Murmu's candidature. The opposition became really shocked.

Many prominent parties in the opposition could not reject Murmu, who had many plus points such as being a tribal, woman and so on. Many parties in the Opposition like Biju Janata Dal were forced to support Murmu. This is what BJP had expected. The unity of the opposition was broken . Many have publicly announced that they will vote for Murmu. There was also cross voting during the polls. The BJP's proper strategy is behind the victory of Draupadi Murmu.

Draupadi Murmu gets one vote in Kerala

In an unprecedented occurrence during the presidential polls, Draupadi Murmu got a vote in Kerala, a state where the ruling NDA does not have a single MLA. Notably, the Kerala Assembly has 140 MLAs with the LDF in power with 99 MLAs and the UDF with 41 MLAs.