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Who is Itishree Murmu? Presidential Candidate Droupadi Murmu's Banker Daughter

Itishree Murmu, 35, is a mother of two and works as a manager at the UCO Bank in Bhubaneswar.

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Who is Itishree Murmu
Itishree Murmu, 35, is Droupadi Murmu's daughter, who is a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politician in India. Droupadi Murmu is the official 2022 presidential candidate for India's National Democratic Alliance.
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Indian politician Draupadi Murmu is 2022 presidential candidate for India's National Democratic Alliance, which is led by the BJP. She held the position of the ninth Governor of Jharkhand from 2015 until 2021. She was born in Odisha, an Indian state. As the first governor of Jharkhand to complete her five-year term, she is the first tribal woman to be nominated for president of India.

As the Presidential election draws closer, Itishree Murmu, the daughter of Droupadi Murmu, recently remarked in one of her statements that everyone will support her mother if they get to know her.

Who Is Itishree Murmu?

A 35-year-old mother, Itishree Murmu, works as a bank employee in Bhubaneswar. When she thinks back to her early years, she mentions how there was more pressure on her because her mother was also her schoolteacher. First as a daughter and then as a student. She added that her mother was a severe disciplinarian and her work-life balance was constant.


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Itishree Murmu completed her education in Pune, and she said that her mother never made any distinctions between her and her brother. Her two brothers, one of whom was Laxman who died under unknown circumstances in 2009, and the other died in an accident in 2013.

She travelled to Pune to enrol in courses at the Suryadatta Institute of Management and Mass Communication.

Itishree Murmu is now a manager at the UCO Bank in Bhubaneswar. She and her mother have lived together since her father died of prolonged illness in 2014. She got married on March 6, 2015, according to reports. Ganesh Chandra Hembram is her husband. She is a mother of two.

Itishree Murmu stated that she would like to remain with her mother and her two daughters even if her mother were to be elected as the President of India.

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