India report: Tribal leader, former minister named as candidates for Presidential elections

Listen to the latest SBS Hindi report from India. 22/06/2022

Draupadi Murmu has been named as a candidate for the India's Presidential Elections which is slated for July 18. Source: Getty Images/Parwaz Khan/Hindustan Times

• Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) announces Draupadi Murmu as a candidate for the upcoming Indian Presidential elections 
• India's main opposition Congress Party names former minister Yashwant Sinha as a candidate for the Presidential elections.
• Indian politician Eknath Shinde claims support of 40 lawmakers as Shiv Sena rebels move to the north-eastern Indian state of Assam
• Congress stages protest as Enforcement Directorate questions its senior party leader Rahul Gandhi for the fifth day

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