New Delhi: President-elect Droupadi Murmu today, July 25,  paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi, the "Father of the Nation," at Rajghat in the national capital.

Murmu will take the oath of office as the country's 15th President later today in the Central Hall of Parliament. She will be escorted to the Central Hall by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice President and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha M Venkaiah Naidu, and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla. The National Anthem will be played in the Central Hall as Droupadi Murmu arrives. The Chief Justice of India, NV Ramana, would then administer the oath of office to Droupadi Murmu.

On July 22, former Jharkhand Governor Murmu defeated her challenger Yashwant Sinha in the Presidential election, becoming the first woman tribal contender and the country's second woman to hold the highest position.

Following the completion of the vote counting on Thursday, the NDA's presidential nominee Droupadi Murmu was formally declared the country's 15th President.

PC Mody, Secretary General of the Rajya Sabha and Returning Officer for the Presidential Election 2022, presented the certificate to Droupadi Murmu at her residence in Delhi.

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