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Murmu,
who is from the Santhal tribe, secured the largely ceremonial position
with the support of more than half the electorate of MPs and state
legislators.
 A 64-year-old woman has emerged as India's President.
Droupadi Murmu from India’s tribal minority was elected as the
country’s president Thursday with the backing of the ruling party,
making her the first person from the marginalised community to occupy
the top post, according to AFP.
Murmu, who is from the Santhal tribe, secured the largely
ceremonial position with the support of more than half the electorate of
MPs and state legislators, partial results released by the election
commission showed.
Murmu, 64, was nominated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for the post.
Modi tweeted to congratulate Murmu, saying her “exemplary success motivates each and every Indian”.
“She has emerged as a ray of hope for our citizens, especially the poor, marginalised and the downtrodden.”
Her closest rival, the opposition-backed Yashwant Sinha — an
ex-member of the BJP and former finance and external affairs minister,
also tweeted his congratulations.
“India hopes that as the 15th President of the Republic she
functions as the custodian of the Constitution without fear or favour,” Sinha wrote.
Murmu will be the country’s second woman president after Pratibha
Patil, who held the position for five years from 2007, and succeeds Ram
Nath Kovind, the second president from the Dalit community, the bottom
of the Hindu caste system.
Born in Mayurbhanj district in the eastern state of Odisha, the
president-elect began her career as a schoolteacher before joining
politics.
She has held ministerial positions in the state government and been governor of the neighbouring state of Jharkhand.
“As a tribal woman from remote Mayurbhanj district, I had not thought about becoming the candidate for the top post,” she told reporters soon after her nomination this month.
Murmu’s win was considered a certainty because of the strength of
the ruling BJP and its allies in the parliament and state assemblies.
But the post is largely ceremonial and her election is not expected
to make significant practical difference to the tribal community, which
has long been relegated to the margins of society.
“We’ve been on the road fighting for tribal rights since the 90s,” activist Dayamani Barla told AFP.
“Whatever agenda the BJP… has to place a politician from a
tribal community in the post of the President, she will only be able to
do anything if she is allowed to use her pen.”
The prime minister and the cabinet wield executive powers in India,
although the head of state can send back a few parliamentary bills for
reconsideration and also helps in the process of forming governments.
“Sitting on the seat is not as big a deal as much as it is having the power to actually use your position,” said Barla. |
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