Guwahati: NDA presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu has received “Z plus” security protection from CRPF commandos from the Centre on Wednesday, said officials.
The second-highest level of security protection offered by the central government is Z plus security cover.
Draupadi Murmu was named the NDA’s presidential candidate on Tuesday by the BJP.
NDA presidential candidate Draupadi Murmu received “Z plus” security protection from CRPF commandos on Wednesday, according to officials.
Meanwhile, former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha was selected to run as a joint opponent in the upcoming presidential elections.
Born in the Santhal community, Draupadi Murmu started her political career in 1997 as a councillor in Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat. She advanced through the ranks to become an Odisha government minister in 2000 and then the governor of Jharkhand in 2015.
A two-term former MLA from Rairangpur, Draupadi Murmu kept her assembly seat in 2009 despite the BJD severing ties with the BJP weeks before the state polls, which Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik easily won.
Murmu also made history by becoming Jharkhand’s first female governor.