President Oath Ceremony LIVE: President Droupadi Murmu Inspects Tri Services Guard Of Honour
President Droupadi Murmu Oath Ceremony Live: Droupadi Murmu took oath as the 15th President of India in the Central Hall of Parliament.
Nation watched with pride as Droupadi Murmu took oath as President, a watershed moment for India: PM Modi
President Droupadi Murmu assumes the office of the President at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Former President Ram Nath Kovind also present with her.
President Droupadi Murmu greets PM Narendra Modi, Union Ministers, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi and other dignitaries who attended her swearing-in ceremony at the Central Hall of the Parliament.
Standing in the Parliament - the symbol of expectations, aspirations and rights of all Indians - I humbly express my gratitude to all of you. Your trust and support will be a major strength for me to carry out this new responsibility: President Droupadi Murmu in her first speech at Central Hall.
President Droupadi Murmu addressed the Parliament and the country after taking oath of office. She thanked the outgoing President Kovind, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu, CJI Ramana, And PM Modi. Murmu is the first President of India who was born after India got Independence. Murmu also greeted the country on Kargil Vijay Diwas which will be celebrated on July 26.
She also spoke about her background and said that she has spent half of her life in a small village in Odisha but she was determined to bring change in the country.
CJI NV Ramana administers oath of office, President-elect Droupadi Murmu becomes the 15th President of India. She is the second woman President of the country, first-ever tribal woman to hold the highest Constitutional post and the first President to be born in independent India.
Outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind and President-elect Droupadi Murmu leave Rashtrapati Bhavan for the Parliament.
Delhi: Outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita Kovind extend greetings to President-elect Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
President-elect Droupadi Murmu pays tribute at Rajghat in Delhi.
Delhi: President-elect Droupadi Murmu leaves her residence, for Rajghat. Later today, she will take oath as the 15th President of the country in the Central Hall of Parliament.
Hopes and aspirations are running high among tribals of Jharkhand as they look up to Droupadi Murmu, who is set to take oath as India’s first tribal President on Monday, to pave the way for their 'sengel' (empowerment) after "centuries of neglect". They are also optimistic that Murmu, a former governor of the state, would take steps to fructify a long-standing demand by tribals that the Centre recognise their religion as 'Sarna' and ensure enumeration under this category in the next census. Salkhan Murmu, who is spearheading the 'Adivasi Sengel Abhiyan' (tribal empowerment campaign) in 250 districts of five states (Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar, Assam and West Bengal), told PTI: "As Bengalis consider 'Sonar Bangla' as their identity and home, the tribals regard Jharkhand as their epicentre.
“They want the culture and traditions associated with them to be preserved here. We are confident that Droupadi Murmu will take steps towards establishing the 'Sarna Code'.” Salkhan Murmu recalled how the President-elect as the then governor of Jharkhand had taken a tough stand on several occasions when "tribal issues came to be compromised" – returning a bill during the previous BJP regime that aimed at amendments in land laws, as well when changes were proposed in the Tribal Advisory Council by the JMM-led Hemant Soren government.
Droupadi Murmu will become the 10th successive president to take oath on July 25 since 1977.
Records show that since 1977, successive presidents have taken oath on July 25. India's first President Rajendra Prasad took oath on January 26, 1950 -- the day India became a Republic.
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan took oath as the president on May 13, 1962 and was in office till May 13, 1967.
Two presidents -- Zakir Husain and Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed -- could not complete their tenures as they died in harness.
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, the sixth president of India, took oath on July 25, 1977.
Since then successive presidents including Giani Zail Singh, R Venkataraman, Shankar Dayal Sharma, K R Narayanan, A P J Abdul Kalam, Pratibha Patil, Pranab Mukherjee and Ram Nath Kovind have taken oath on July 25.
Background
President Droupadi Murmu Oath Live: Newly-elected President Droupadi Murmu is all set to take oath for the country's highest constitutional post and will be given a 21-gun salute after that, as reported by news agency PTI. The ceremony would take place at around 10.15 am in the Central Hall of Parliament, where Chief Justice N. V. Raman will administer the oath of office to her, said Union Home Ministry.
The Home Ministry said that after this she would be given a 21-gun salute. This will be followed by the President's address. Before the ceremony, the outgoing President and the elected President will arrive in Parliament. Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M. Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, members of the Council of Ministers, Governors, Chief Ministers, heads of diplomatic missions, Members of Parliament and heads of government, civil and military officials, will attend the ceremony.
At the conclusion of the ceremony in the Central Hall of Parliament, the President will proceed to the 'Rashtrapati Bhavan', where she will be presented with an 'Inter-Service Guard of Honour' and will be accorded a courtesy call on the outgoing President.
Murmu (64) on Thursday created history by defeating Yashwant Sinha, the presidential candidate of the opposition parties. Murmu secured more than 64 per cent of valid votes of MPs and MLAs including the electorate and won the election by a huge margin of votes. She will become the 15th President of the country. Murmu got 6,76,803 votes against Sinha's 3,80,177 votes.
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