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Draupadi Murmu has been made candidate for the post of President by NDA.

He is in direct competition with the opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha.

Experts believe that the presidential election to be held on July 18 is going to be very interesting.

On the other hand, Draupadi Murmu said on Sunday that ten crore tribals of the country are very happy with her being made the President.

At the same time, Yashwant Sinha has appealed to all the MPs and MLAs to vote this time only after listening to the Constitution and their conscience.

Amidst all this, just before the presidential election, NDTV visited Draupadi Murmu's village and talked to her family members.

Draupadi Murmu's ancestral village is Uparbeda, on the border of Odisha and Jharkhand.

Although his brothers are living by building a house in a nearby city, there are still many people from his family who live in his house in the village.

If she becomes the President of the country, then she will be the first woman from tribal society to reach this position.

At the same time, she will be the second woman who became the President of the country.

She was the first woman to go to college from her village.

After this she came into politics. She was MLA twice from BJP's side.

After this he was also made the governor.

NDTV visited his house.

Let us tell you that during this time the relatives of Draupadi Murmu, the presidential candidate, shared their feelings with NDTV.

During this NDTV spoke to Draupadi Murmu's cousin.

He told that we all feel good if Didi (Draupadi Murmu) is going to become the President.

She had last come to the village in January.

On the other hand, the granddaughter of Draupadi Murmu said that if her grandmother becomes the President, she would also like to grow up to be like him.

I also want to go into politics.

On the other hand, Dulari, the daughter-in-law of Draupadi Murmu's cousin, told that it is a matter of pride for our Santhal society.

Everyone is happy in the village.

We hope that she will definitely become the President by winning the election.