Droupadi Murmu Is India's Youngest, First Tribal President
At 64, the woman who will be India's 15th president, taking over from Ram Nath Kovind
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"She is deeply spiritual and soft-spoken person," said Basant Kumar Panda, BJP leader and Lok Sabha member from Kalahandi.
"Droupadi Murmu has been through a lot of pain and struggle, but doesn't get rattled by adversity," said former Odisha BJP president Manmohan Samal.