India, March 2 -- President Droupadi Murmu concluded her four-day visit to Odisha on Saturday with her visit to Madhupur in Sambalpur district where she paid tributes to Santha Kabi Bhima Bhoi at his birthplace. This was her fourth visit to the state after holding the top Constitutional post in July 2022. Her visit has given hope to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) for a consolidation of tribal votes in the forthcoming Lok Sabha and assembly elections.

During her visit to her home state, she inaugurated the Ekalavya Model Residential School for tribal students in the Badasahi area of the tribal-dominated Mayurbhanj district, and also laid the foundation stone of various developmental projects. She also met the Juanga tribals in Keonjhar ...