Droupadi Murmu’s historic oath-taking cermony today as she becomes 15th President of India | 10 points

Droupadi Murmu Oath Taking Ceremony: President-elect Droupadi Murmu will take oath of workplace of the very best constitutional publish of the nation on Monday. Murmu, India’s first tribal girl to turn out to be President, will take the oath of workplace adopted by a 21 gun salute, the house ministry stated. She’s going to then ship an handle to the nation. 

Listed below are 10 factors to notice forward of the oath-taking ceremony

1. Earlier than the ceremony, the outgoing President and the President-elect will arrive in Parliament in a ceremonial procession.
2. Vice-President and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha 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 principal civil and army officers of the federal government will attend the ceremony.
3. On the conclusion of the ceremony within the central corridor of the Parliament, the President will go away for Rashtrapati Bhavan the place an inter-services guard of honour might be given to her within the forecourt and courtesies might be prolonged to the outgoing President.
4. Murmu, 64, scripted historical past on Thursday after defeating Opposition Presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha in an one-sided contest. She would turn out to be India’s first tribal President.
5. She received the election by an overwhelming margin in opposition to Sinha after receiving over 64 per cent legitimate votes of MPs and MLAs, comprising the electoral school, to succeed Ram Nath Kovind to turn out to be the nation’s fifteenth president. Murmu received 6,76,803 votes in opposition to Sinha’s 3,80,177 votes.
6. She would be the first President to be born after independence and is the youngest to occupy the highest publish. She can also be the second girl to turn out to be the President.
7. Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah on Saturday stated Droupadi Murmu’s victory within the presidential election was a reply to those that solely discuss tribal empowerment however divide communities via their politics.
8. President-elect Droupadi Murmu could put on a standard Santali saree when she takes the oath. Her sister-in-law Sukri Tudu is travelling to Delhi with a particular saree utilized by Santal ladies in Jap India. The Santali sarees have some stripe work on one finish and is worn by the Santal ladies on particular events.
9. She can even turn out to be the tenth successive president to take oath on July 25 since 1977. Information present that since 1977, successive presidents have taken oath on July 25.
10. Coming from a humble tribal household of Uparbeda village close to Rairangpur, 64-year-old Murmu has come a great distance from a councilor to an MLA, a minister and Jharkhand Governor to being elected President of India. There have been celebrations all over the place in Odisha as `ladoos’ had been distributed even on Saturday on the Bhubaneswar railway station.

(with PTI inputs)

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