NDA Prez nominee Draupadi Murmu surges ahead by a huge margin, only formality of announcement remains 

The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA)'s presidential nominee Draupadi Murmu has maintained a massive lead in the second round of counting and is heading for a victory with a huge margin.

After the second round of counting, where ballot papers of the first 10 states were alphabetically counted, the total valid votes were pegged at 1138 and their total value was 1,49,575. Out of this, Draupadi Murmu got 809 votes valued at 1,05,299 while Yashwant Sinha bagged 329 votes valued at 44,276, informed PC Mody, Secretary General, Rajya Sabha

“If I include the earlier results of Parliament, the grand total so far is 1,886 valid votes valued at 6,73,175 out of which Draupadi Murmu gets 1,349 votes valued at 4,83,299. Yashwant Sinha gets 537 votes, valued at 1,89,876 so far,” Mody told ANI.

Speaking about the result, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma expressed hope that Draupadi Murmu is going to win by a huge margin. 

“India is going to get its first-ever tribal woman as its President. This is a historic moment for the people of India,” he said. 

Meanwhile, celebrations have erupted in different parts of the country with BJP leaders and workers rejoicing in front of the party offices as Murmu inched closer to victory in the Presidential election.