Over the past two days, congratulatory messages have been pouring in from all sections of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for Droupadi Murmu, the presidential candidate of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). However, the party’s celebrations in Madhya Pradesh stood out.
At an event in Bhopal organised to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for picking the former Jharkhand governor as the party’s nominee, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan dressed up in tribal attire and even danced holding a placard celebrating Ms. Murmu’s nomination.
A BJP leader said that the party was of the view that such “grand celebrations” to mark the nomination of a tribal woman for the top post for the first time in Independent India’s history will complement its earlier efforts to regain the advantage in the State’s tribal pockets for next year’s Assembly election.
