Murmu arrives in Odisha capital from Mayurbhanj, set to leave for Delhi on Thursday

NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu arrived in Bhubhaneshwar on Wednesday and will leave for Delhi on Thursday.

NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu reached here on Wednesday night, covering a distance of about 280 km on road from her native Rairangpur town in Mayurbhanj district, amid cheers and greetings by locals along the way.

She is set to leave for Delhi on Thursday morning.

Murmu was received by Odisha BJP president Samir Mohanty and Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi at a guest house here, where she will be putting up for the night, an official here said.

"She is scheduled to leave for the Delhi on Thursday morning around 9 am," the official told reporters here.

The NDA presidential candidate, who was set to visit her alma mater, Unit-II Girls’ High School, in the state capital had to drop the idea, in view of the crowds she drew everywhere she went.

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She also wanted to pay obeisance at Shree Lingaraj temple here, but the plans had to be shelved owing to delay in her arrival here, the official said.