Draupadi Murmu leading after first round of counting
The first round of counting of the Presidential poll on Thursday showed that Draupadi Murmu is far ahead of her counterpart Yashwant Sinha.
The first round of counting of the Presidential poll on Thursday showed that Draupadi Murmu is far ahead of her counterpart Yashwant Sinha.
The counting of votes to elect India's 15th President will take place on Thursday. The counting will begin at Parliament House at 11 am.
The leaders said Sinha’s candidature was supported by the entire Opposition. Sinha filed his nomination papers three days after Murmu, the NDA candidate.
Polling for the Presidential election will begin on Monday in the Parliament and respective state Assemblies to elect a new President.
The presidential candidate, who was in Chandigarh for his poll campaign, said the election for the 15th President is taking place under highly troubled conditions. "Never before, not even during the Emergency in the mid-1970s, did our Republic face as many simultaneous threats to the Constitution. The economy is badly mismanaged, creating unprecedented price rise and unemployment. Our democracy is in grave danger," he said.
This I would do without any confrontation with the Prime Minister and purely based on the President's Glory, Prestige and Ethics (morality), he clarified.
This I would do without any confrontation with the Prime Minister and purely based on the President's Glory, Prestige and Ethics (morality), he clarified.
Yashwant Sinha, former union minister and joint Opposition candidate for the President's post, will campaign for himself in Lucknow on Thursday.
The Returning Officer for the presidential polls Rajya Sabha Secretary General PC Mody said the polling for the Presidential election will take place on July 18 from 10 am to 5 pm in Room Number 63 of the Parliament House.
Sinha said he discussed a few issues with KCR after the latter received him at the airport and would take this forward.
