New Delhi: On Monday, July 25, Droupadi Murmu, the incoming president, will take the oath of office in the Central Hall of Parliament. She will take the oath of office as India's 15th president. Ms. Murmu is the first tribal woman to hold the highest constitutional position in the nation. The NDA's Droupadi Murmu won the presidency over Yashwant Sinha, the nominee of the opposition.
Highly structured arrangements are being made for the newly elected President Droupadi Murmu to be sworn in by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana in the Central Hall of Parliament.
At the age of 64, Murmu will be the youngest to occupy the top position besides being the first tribal woman. She is also the first person born in independent India to become the President: She was born on June 20, 1958 at Mayurbhanj Odisha.
A soft-spoken tribal leader from Odisha and former Jharkhand governor, was declared elected on Thursday by a huge margin over the Opposition's joint candidate Yashwant Sinha, a former minister in the Atal Behari Vajpayee government.
Outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind is relieving and will move to his new residence. He will be a neighbour of Congress president Sonia Gandhi. Prime Minister Modi is slated to drop him at his new house at No 12, Janpath, which was occupied by late Union minister Ramvilas Paswan for almost 30 years. There will be no change of guard ceremony on Saturday on the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan due to full dress rehearsal for the assumption of office by Droupadi Murmu as the next President, an official statement issued on Friday said.
Droupadi Murmu received unexpected vote from Kerala
