Draupadi Murmu takes oath as President: Became the 15th President of the country, CJI administered the oath; 64 special guests from Odisha also in the ceremony

Draupadi Murmu was administered the oath of office by the CJI.

Draupadi Murmu took the oath of office in the Central Hall of Parliament. Earlier she reached Rashtrapati Bhavan, where she met Ram Nath Kovind and his wife. Both congratulated Murmu. He had paid homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat before leaving for Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Chief Justice N. V. Ramana administered the oath of office to Murmu. After the address, Murmu will reach Rashtrapati Bhavan.

Before taking oath, she had reached Rashtrapati Bhavan to meet Ram Nath Kovind.

Draupadi Murmu pays tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat before meeting Ramnath Kovind.

64 special guests from Odisha will attend Murmu’s swearing-in program. After the oath, lunch for the special guests has been organized at Rashtrapati Bhavan. After that everyone will be rotated the whole building. Murmu will be the 10th President of the country who is taking oath on July 25.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had gone to Murmu’s house to congratulate him after the victory.

Draupadi invites special guests from Odisha
People of the highest office of the country will attend the oath ceremony of President Draupadi Murmu. Politicians, judges, bureaucrats, but Draupadi has invited her special people to this function. 64 people from Mayurbhanj district of Orissa are attending the event.

Draupadi Murmu with her granddaughter at a temple in Rairangpur, Odisha.

By the way, the list of close friends of Draupadi Murmu is in thousands. In May 2015, when she was sworn in as governor, about 3,000 people had gone from Ranchi in Jharkhand and Mayurbhanj district of Orissa to be Draupadi’s special guests.

Draupadi Murmu feeding sweets to daughter Itishree after her victory on July 21.

who are the special guests
Among Murmu’s guests, his brother Tarnisen Tudu and sister-in-law Sukri Tudu have reached Delhi from Uparbeda village. Apart from these, daughter Itishree, son-in-law, both of his granddaughters. The elder granddaughter is two and a half years old, while the second one is just about two and a half months old. Apart from that his special guests include his friend- Dhanki Murmu. Dhanaki used to study in the college with him in Bhubaneswar. This friend of Draupadi stays with her in every sorrow and happiness.

Draupadi Murmu and her daughter Itishree with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Her husband Ganeshchandra Hembram is standing just behind Itishree. Both husband and wife are bankers.

Bikash Mahto and four more people, including BJP workers from Rairangpur, Draupadi’s current residence, have reached Delhi to attend the function. Apart from this, the MLAs of the district and some of their villages Paharpur and Uparwada also include political people.

Murmu’s brother Tarnisen Tudu and sister-in-law Sukri Tudu have reached Delhi from Uparbeda village.

Will be the 10th President to take oath on July 25
Murmu will be the 10th President of the country who is taking oath on July 25. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy, the sixth President of India, was sworn in on 25 July 1977. Since then, on 25 July, Giani Zail Singh, R. Venkataraman, Shankar Dayal Sharma, K.R. Narayanan, A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Pratibha Patil, Pranab Mukherjee and Ram Nath Kovind took oath as the President on the same date.

Draupadi Murmu with daughter Itishree and granddaughter.

Kovind and Murmu will reach Parliament together
Outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind and elected President Draupadi Murmu will reach Parliament before the ceremony. Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman 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 heads of government, civil and military officials, will attend the ceremony.

After the oath, Murmu will be given a guard of honor at the Rashtrapati Bhavan and Ram Nath Kovind will be given a courtesy honour.

At the conclusion of the ceremony, Murmu will leave for Rashtrapati Bhavan, where she will be presented with an ‘Inter-Service Guard of Honour’ and will be accorded a courtesy call on the outgoing President.

Murmu’s certificate of victory will be read
After the counting of the presidential election is completed on July 21, the returning officials announce the results. After this, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anoop Chandra Pandey jointly signed the ‘Certificate regarding the election of Draupadi Murmu as the new President of India’. Now the same certificate has been sent to the Union Home Secretary, which will be read at the swearing-in ceremony of the 15th President of India.

Rajya Sabha Secretary General PC Modi giving a certificate of victory to Draupadi Murmu in the presidential election. Modi was also the returning officer for the presidential election.

will be the youngest president
Murmu will be the first to be born after independence and the youngest president to hold the top post. She is also the second woman to become president. Murmu (64) defeated Yashwant Sinha, the opposition’s presidential candidate. Murmu won by taking more than 64 per cent of the valid votes of MPs and MLAs including the electorate. Murmu got 6 Lakh 76 Thousand 803 votes as against Sinha’s 3 Lakh 80 Thousand 177 votes.