Droupadi Murmu oath LIVE Updates: India gets its 15th President; first-ever tribal woman holds highest office
Droupadi Murmu won the election by an overwhelming margin against Sinha after receiving over 64 per cent of valid votes of MPs and MLAs, comprising the electoral college, to succeed Ram Nath Kovind to become the country’s 15th president.
Droupadi Murmu oath LIVE Updates: Droupadi Murmu took oath as the 15th President of India on Monday. NDA’s presidential candidate Murmu took the oath of office of the highest constitutional post of the country, which was followed by a 21-gun salute.
The ceremony was held at the central hall of Parliament, where Chief Justice of India NV Ramana administered the oath of the office of the President to her. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was also present at the occasion.
President Murmu then delivered an address. Before the ceremony, Droupadi Murmu reached the Rashtrapati Bhavan, her home and office for the next five years, where she was welcomed by former President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita Kovind. She was then escorted to the Presidential study for a brief meeting. Earlier this morning, President Murmu also paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi, father of the nation, at Raj Ghat.
President Murmu’s historic address post swearing-in – POINTERS
Standing in the Parliament – the symbol of expectations, aspirations and rights of all Indians – I humbly express my gratitude to all of youYour trust and support will be a major strength for me to carry out this new responsibilityI am the first President of the country who was born in independent IndiaWe will have to speed up our efforts to meet the expectations that our freedom fighters had with the citizens of independent India
Droupadi Murmu – Her journey so far
Born in a Santali tribal family on June 30, 1958, in Uparbeda village coming under Mayurbhanj district in Odisha, she had her education from Bhubaneswar and went on to work first as a junior assistant in the State Irrigation and Power Department from 1979 to 1983. After this short stint as a clerk, she became a teacher at Sri Aurobindo Integral Education Centre at Rairangpur till 1997.
Murmu commenced her journey in the field of politics in 1997 by joining the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
She was first elected as the councillor of the Rairangpur Nagar Panchayat and then went on to become the chairperson of the same panchayat in 2000. Later, she also served as the national vice president of the BJP Scheduled Tribe Morcha.
Murmu became a member of the council of ministers in the BJP and Biju Janata Dal coalition government in Odisha, first becoming the minister of state with independent charge for commerce and transportation from March 2000 to August 2022 and then minister for fisheries and animal resources development from August 2002 to May 2004.
A legislator from the Rairangpur assembly constituency in the years 2000 and 2004, she was conferred Nilkhantha Award for the best MLA by the Odisha assembly in 2007.
In 2015, Murmu became the first woman governor of Jharkhand. She also became the first woman tribal leader from Odisha to be appointed as the governor of a state.
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