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Draupadi Murmu’s historic swearing-in ceremony today when she became the 15th President of India. 10 points

July 25, 2022
Bharat Times

Image Source : India TV 64-year-old Murmu on Thursday created history by defeating opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha in a one-sided contest.

Draupadi Murmu swearing-in ceremony: Elected President Draupadi Murmu will take oath of the country’s highest constitutional office on Monday. The Home Ministry said that Murmu, India’s first tribal woman to become the President, will take the oath of office after a 21-gun salute. she will then deliver a address to the nation,

Here are 10 things to note before the swearing-in ceremony

  1. Before the ceremony, the outgoing President and the elected President will reach Parliament in a ceremonial procession.
  2. 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 prominent civil and military officials will attend the ceremony.
  3. At the conclusion of the ceremony in the Central Hall of Parliament, the President will proceed to Rashtrapati Bhavan, where he will be given an inter-service guard of honor in the forecourt and extended courtesy to the outgoing President.
  4. 64-year-old Murmu on Thursday created history by defeating opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha in a one-sided contest. She will become the first tribal president of India.
  5. he won the election Huge margin against Sinha after MPs and MLAs get more than 64 percent of valid votesIn place of Ram Nath Kovind, the electoral college is included to become the 15th President of the country. Murmu got 6,76,803 votes as against Sinha’s 3,80,177 votes.
  6. She will be the first president to be born after independence and the youngest to hold the top post. She is also the second woman to become president.
  7. Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that Draupadi Murmu’s victory in the presidential election is an answer to those who only talk of tribal empowerment but divide communities through their politics.
  8. Newly elected President Draupadi Murmu may wear a traditional Santali saree while taking oath. Her sister-in-law Sukri Tudu is traveling to Delhi with a special sari used by Santal women in eastern India. Santali sarees have some stripe work at one end and are worn by Santal women on special occasions.
  9. She will be the 10th consecutive President to be sworn in on 25 July since 1977. Records show that since 1977 successive presidents have been sworn in on 25 July.
  10. Coming from a humble tribal family of Uparbeda village near Rairangpur, 64-year-old Murmu has traveled from councilor to MLA, a Minister and the Governor of Jharkhand to be elected the President of India. Celebrations were everywhere in Odisha as laddoos were distributed at Bhubaneswar railway station on Saturday as well.

(with PTI input)

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