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#DroupadiMurmu as President would be a triumph for the Sangh Parivar – but not the Adivasi community

By nominating Murmu as its presidential candidate,the Sangh has completed its last leg of appropriating all of India’s major identities By Vivek Deshpande
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#PresidentialElections2022 | Should the nomination of a presidential nominee be beholden to considerations of caste, creed, tribe or even academic achievement? By Vivek Deshpande scroll.in/a/1026797

Wouldn’t this be to reduce the highest constitutional post in the country to a mere symbol? Yet, time and again, this is exactly what has happened under successive governments. By Vivek Deshpande

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#PresidentialElection | Does hailing from an Adivasi community prove that she is committed to the ideals of the two most desirable ideals of a modern state: secularism and social equity? By Vivek Deshpande

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#PresidentialElection: With 48% of the votes from the electoral college already under the BJP’s belt & more assured, Murmu’s victory is a foregone conclusion.

Does Murmu deserve to be India’s President merely because she hails from an Adivasi community?

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#DroupadiMurmu as President would be a triumph for the Sangh – but perhaps not India’s Adivasis

Murmu’s victory will allow them to flash their inclusiveness to the world. Hers will be a victory for the Sangh Parivar rather than for the Adivasi community.

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Not much is known about #DroupadiMurmu’s positions on issues that matter to Adivasi communities.

So what justifies accepting her as president only for the record of becoming the country’s first tribal president? By Vivek Deshpande ✍️

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