Parliament Session 2024: Senior Journalist Rakesh Shukla explains the significance of 'Sengol'

President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday congratulated the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA government for securing a third term saying people have expressed their faith in the government. She also congratulated that MPs on being elected and the election commission for conduction of the world's largest democratic exercise. She also highlighted the record breaking voter turnout in the Kashmir valley.

Addressing the joint session of the Parliament, the President said: "I congratulate all the newly-elected members of the 18th Lok Sabha. You all have come here by winning the trust of country's voters. Very few get this opportunity to serve the nation and the people. I have full faith that you would fulfill your duties with a feeling of nation first."