One state where NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu may not get even a single vote
India Today
The NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu is most likely not going to get even a single vote from Kerala as it is the only state where the BJP and its allies has no representatives in the state Assembly.
NDA candidate Droupadi Murmu will take on joint opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha for the upcoming 16th presidential election, which is scheduled to happen on July 18.
And now it's time for them to tour the states to seek support from various parties in their favour.
From the very beginning, political experts opined that Droupadi Murmu had a higher chance of being elected than Yashwant Sinha, considering the support from various parties. A woman who comes from a humble tribal background.
However, opposition parties have formed an 11-member campaign committee to steer the nationwide campaign of their presidential poll candidate, Yashwant Sinha.
Yashwant Sinha, the presidential candidate of the opposition parties, will arrive in Kerala on June 29 as part of his campaign for the presidential election. He will visit the assembly and meet the MLAs.
Sinha, a former bureaucrat and a Union minister who served in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Cabinet, is starting his campaign from Kerala. It must be noted that Sinha had turned his back on the BJP and joined the Opposition after PM Narendra Modi came to power.
Kerala is the only state where the NDA has nil votes. He is starting his campaign from Kerala in the hope that he will get the support of 140 MLAs, 20 Lok Sabha MPs, and 9 Rajya Sabha MPs from the state.
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