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President Droupadi Murmu greets PM Narendra Modi, Union Ministers, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi, Chief Minister and other dignitaries at the Central Hall of the Parliament.
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.
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“My nomination has blessings of the poor behind it, it’s a reflection of the dreams and capabilities of crores of women,” President Droupadi Murmu stated in her first address after taking oath.
Satisfying to me that the people who were devoid of development for years -the poor, Dalits, backward, the tribals- can see me as their reflection. My nomination has blessings of the poor behind it, it’s a reflection of the dreams &capabilities of crores of women: President Murmu pic.twitter.com/b2IJ8lcLOC
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Murmu said that without the blessings of the country’s poor, she wouldn’t have come so far.
Satisfying to me that the people who were devoid of development for years -the poor, Dalits, backward, the tribals- can see me as their reflection. My nomination has blessings of the poor behind it, it’s a reflection of the dreams &capabilities of crores of women: President Murmu pic.twitter.com/b2IJ8lcLOC
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Addressing the nation after being sworn in as the 15th President of India, Droupadi Murmu Monday stated that she was honoured to take charge at a time India is completing 75 years of Independence. She added that she was the first President to be born in independent India.
I am the first President of the country who was born in independent India. We will have to speed up our efforts to meet the expectations that our freedom fighters had with the citizens of independent India: President Droupadi Murmu
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Droupadi Murmu on Monday took oath as the 15th President of India. She is the first tribal woman to hold the highest constitutional post in the country.
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Murmu is the second President from Odisha, after VV Giri, who had served as the fourth President of India from 1969 to 1974.
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CJI NV Ramana administers oath of office to President-elect Droupadi Murmu.
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 pic.twitter.com/qXd9Kzcg2z
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Droupadi Murmu from Odisha’s Mayurbhanj has become the first tribal woman to reach the highest office in India. However, she isn’t the first President from the state. In 1969, VV Giri from Berhampur became the only President to have won with a margin of less than one lakh votes
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Droupadi Murmu becomes India’s first tribal President. She will now take the oath of office on 25 July and replace Ram Nath Kovind at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
At 64, Murmu will be the youngest occupant of Rashtrapati Bhavan. She is younger by a month to the sixth President Neelam Sanjeeva Reddy who was 64 years and two months when he took office.
Murmu will also become only the second woman to hold the First Citizen’s office after Pratibha Patil.
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As the First Citizen of India, Droupadi Murmu will be allowed a slew of privileges including free housing and medical care for life, a custom-built Mercedes Benz with a state-of-the-art security system to travel in and a pension of Rs 2.5 lakh per month