New Delhi, July 11: After Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress party, now Telugu Desam Party in Andhra Prdesh has declared its support to NDA presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu.
TDP chief and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu said his party backed Murmu as the first tribal woman president and said that it would be "wonderful to see her as the president of India.The TDP has three MPs in the Lok Sabha and 23 MLAs in the state Assembly.
Earlier, the ruling YSR Congress Party has already declared its support for Murmu. YSRCP parliamentary party leader V Vijaysai Reddy said the party feels Murmu will make a great president. Reddy and party MP Mithun Reddy had accompanied Murmu to file the nomination papers. The YSRCP has 22 MPs and 151 MLAs.
With this, the two main parties in the state have declared their support for Murmu’s candidature. "
The Election Commission of India is all set to conduct the Presidential polls on July 18 for the election of the 16th President of India. The result of the election will be declared on July 21. The polls will witness 4,809 electors, including MPs and MLAs, voting to elect President Kovind’s successor.
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