Draupadi Murmu all set to become the next President — what it means for India and the BJP

Kumar said that earlier, when the cabinet expansion took place, BJP had made it a point to say how many people in the cabinet are from the marginalised communities. "I think the party has moved one step ahead in demonstrating to the people of the country that it is really committed to the welfare or the social justice of people belong to the tribal community, the dalit community, to women, to people from the OBC community, etc," he said.

Sandeep Shastri, Vice-Chancellor of Jagran Lakecity University, agreed. He said predicting the result for the Presidential polls was easy, however it was the question of the margin of the victory that was the point of debate. Talking about why some of non-NDA parties backed Murmu in the Presidential polls, Shastri said, "The logic is simple. Given the profile the new President would have, I think that is something several non-NDA parties wanted to align themselves with. If you look at the parties that have backed her, these are the ones who are strongly wedded to the larger social justice agenda. Therefore, supporting her candidature was something that was important from their party perspective also," he said.

Shastri added that this was not the first time parties were breaking rank and trying to support the Presidential candidate of the ruling alliance, and the same had happened earlier as well.

Talking about if Murmu as President of India would shift the tribal vote bank in BJP's favour, Kumar said he anticipates that the tribal vote that has shifted in BJP's favour over the last few years will further get consolidated.