Jaipur: NDA Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu on Wednesday said it is an honour for all tribal people that a daughter from the community has been fielded in the presidential polls for the first time after the Independence.
She said that the deprived, tribals and the exploited can see themselves in her. Murmu had come here as part of her campaign for the presidential elections. The BJP organized a felicitation programme in her honour. Addressing BJP MPs and MLAs from Rajasthan, Murmu said, "I never thought of becoming the president but under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the NDA made me a medium and worked to bring the people of the last villages into the mainstream." And added, "The deprived, tribals, and the exploited can see themselves in me. There is no difference between us. There is no disparity. We are hopeful, progressive and confident for building a new India."
Murmu said making a daughter of tribal society as the candidate for the president's post for the first time after the Independence is a "living example of respect for all tribal brothers and sisters of the country". She said reaching the post of the president will not be her personal achievement. "It will not be a matter of pride for any one location, community or society. This will prove to be an example of inclusive unity in Indian society," she said. Murmu said when she was made the presidential candidate by the NDA and the supporting parties, she understood that it was visionary thinking of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who wants to bring women from the desert and forest land to the mainstream.