NDA's presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu files nomination in presence of PM Modi, Amit Shah

Droupadi Murmu, NDA's choice for the presidential elections, filed her nominations today in the presence of PM Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah.

Droupadi Murmu, who has been picked by NDA for the presidential elections, filed her nomination today in the presence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah on Friday. Murmu was also accompanied by union ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and Piyush Goyal, BJP president J P Nadda and several chief ministers including Yogi Adityanath, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Manohar Lal Khattar, B S Bommai, Bhupendra Patel, Himanta Biswa Sarma, Pushkar Singh Dhami, Pramod Sawant and N Biren Singh.

#WATCH NDA's Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu files her nomination today in the presence of PM Modi, Union cabinet ministers & CMs of BJP & NDA-ruled states pic.twitter.com/ennt3naoCB

After filing her nomination papers, Murmu spoke with Congress interim-President Sonia Gandhi, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and NCP chief Sharad Pawar seeking their party's support for her candidature in the Presidential elections, reported news agency ANI. According to sources, Banerjee wished all the best and told her that she would consult the party on her support.

Besides the NDA leaders, YSR Congress' V Vijaysai Reddy and BJD leader Sasmit Patra, who are not part of the alliance, were also in Parliament to back her nomination.

AIADMK leader O Paneerselvam and M Thambidurai, JD-U's Rajiv Ranjan Singh also reached Parliament early.