Murmu leaves for Delhi, seeks cooperation from all for presidential polls

Murmu left for Delhi, today,  on a flight from Bhubaneswar’s Biju Patnaik International Airport at 9.40 AM. A tribal dance was organised as a large number of her friends and well-wishers gathered at the airport to see her off.

In a brief statement issued before her departure for the national capital, Murmu said, “I thank all and seek cooperation from everyone for the presidential election. I will meet all voters (lawmakers) and seek their support before July 18.”

On Wednesday, June 23,  Droupadi Murmu was received in Bhubaneswar by state BJP president Samir Mohanty and local MP Aparajita Sarangi at a guest house, where she spent the night. She reached Bhubaneshwar  from her native Rairangpur town in Mayurbhanj district after covering a distance of 280 km by road amid cheers and greetings from people along the way. 

Itishree Murmu, a bank official in Bhubaneswar and  the NDA presidential candidate’s only daughter was present at the airport. She said, “People of the country love my mother for her simplicity and soft-spoken nature. She has left to serve the country after handing over the responsibilities of the family to me.” 

She had to drop her plan to visit her alma mater, Unit-II Girls’ High School, in Bhubaneswar as she attracted crowds wherever she went. She also wanted to pay obeisance at Shree Lingaraj temple here, but had to shelve the plan owing to a delay in her arrival.

Murmu’s school teachers and some of her college lecturers, however, greeted her at the guest house.”We are proud that our alumna is tipped to become the next President of India,” said her school’s headmistress, Kalyani Mishra. The former Jharkhand governor had graduated from Rama Devi Women’s College, now a university. Murmu had also worked as a class-III employee in the Odisha Irrigation Department after completing her graduation.