PATNA: NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu will reach Patna on July 5 to muster electoral support from the country's third most populous state. The election for the President's post is on July 18.
Senior JD(U) leader and state's parliamentary affairs minister Vijay Kumar Choudhary told TOI on Friday that since Murmu is arriving as a candidate of the presidential election, she would stay at a private hotel and meet senior NDA leaders, including MPs and MLAs. Choudhary said the venue of her meeting would be decided in consultation with the BJP.
