Firstly, the BJP created history by announcing Draupadi Murmu, a tribal woman, as the National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) presidential candidate.
By announcing Murmu, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has played a masterstroke in terms of wooing women voters – a segment currently focused on Prime Minister Narendra Modi – and the tribal population. After nominating Ram Nath Kovind – a Dalit from Uttar Pradesh – as the President five years ago, the election of a tribal leader now has a bigger political message for the SC/ST population of the country.
Besides, the party is trying to gain a foothold in Odisha and Jharkhand and will try to capitalize on Murmu’s announcement of the presidential candidate. Murmu hails from Odisha and has been the Governor of Jharkhand. The BJP is also wooing Odia voters by projecting Murmu as the state’s first presidential candidate. While it also ensures the BJD’s support in the presidential elections, it also gives the BJP a foothold in future Odisha, the state the party is eyeing.
By electing Murmu, the BJP has shown the opposition that their candidate is symbolically and politically better than the opposition’s choice – Yashwant Sinha – who has always been considered anti-Modi.
BJP President JP Nadda while addressing the media clearly said that BJP and its allies discussed more than 20 names, finalized Murmu and announced on Tuesday only as the opposition announced its candidate.
At various political events, in public and on closed doors, PM Modi has asked the party to recognize the growing voter base among women. Senior party leaders believe that women voters have emerged as a loyal vote bank for the BJP due to various welfare schemes like Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and free ration to the poor during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Similarly, the party’s focus in recent months has shifted to tribals, the latest being JP Nadda’s visit to Ranchi in June, where he praised Lord Birsa Munda and assured tribals that the BJP would work for their betterment in the state. Senior party leaders like Amit Shah and Narendra Modi Tribals have also been wooed in states like Madhya Pradesh. Nadda had hosted a meeting of major tribal parties at the BJP headquarters in May this year, where parties from different regions were invited.
Senior party leaders feel that the decision to finalize Murmu’s name will give electoral advantage to the party in the upcoming assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh as both the states have a decisive percentage of the community, which is dominated by many other states including Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh. I also dominate. , Northeast and Odisha.
For the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, this also comes across as a strategic move on the part of the BJP, given that there are 47 reserved ST constituencies in the Lok Sabha.
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