Demanding a thumping victory for NDA’s presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu, the Odisha unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lit lamps in front of temples in the state.
BJP state president Sameer Mohanty said, ‘The state of Odisha is in the focus of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. That’s why he wants to make a tribal woman from Odisha the first citizen of the country. The party has organized lighting of lamps in various districts of the state, including Bhubaneswar, to pray for Murmu’s victory.
BJP leaders and MLAs lit lamps in front of the Lingaraj temple in Bhubaneswar and the Jagannath temple in Puri.
Deputy Leader of Opposition Vaishnu Sethi said that every Odia is proud of the election of the Prime Minister as the President. “It was no small feat for a tribal woman to sit in Raisina Hill,” said the BJP MLA, who cast his vote for the presidential election on Saturday.
MLAs will vote in the 54th House of the Odisha Legislative Assembly on Monday for the Presidential election.
Meanwhile, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief whip Prashant Muduli announced that all party leaders would support Murmu for the presidency.
“Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has instructed us to support the daughter of Odisha. We are ensuring full support from BJD,” said Muduli.
Murmu filed his nomination for the Presidential election on June 24 in the presence of several top leaders including Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP President JP Nadda.
Inputs from Akhya Mishra and Manoj Jena
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