Droupadi Murmu takes oath as the President of India, the highest constitutional post of the country, followed by a 21-gun salute. Chief Justice of India NV Ramana administered the oath of office of the President to her.
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, MPs and principal civil and military officers attended the oath ceremony.
President-elect Murmu, 64, scripted history on Thursday after defeating opposition presidential candidate Yashwant Sinha to become the first tribal and the second woman to hold the top constitutional post.
Here are the Highlights on Droupadi Murmu's oath ceremony :
#WATCH President Droupadi Murmu inspects her first Guard of Honour after taking the oath, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi pic.twitter.com/T47qfSWHBu
- ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2022
#WATCH | Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu receives a ceremonial salute at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Former President Ram Nath Kovind also present with her. pic.twitter.com/2qtKnK0pKC
- ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2022
"My election as President is proof that the poor in India can dream and make them come true as well": President #DroupadiMurmu as she addresses the Central Hall of Parliament after being sworn in as President pic.twitter.com/Atp1eQsk96
- NDTV (@ndtv) July 25, 2022
#DroupadiMurmu's Historic Oath As #President Of India https://t.co/8KPOGJ4Tqu pic.twitter.com/EDrC0BxfGD
- NDTV (@ndtv) July 25, 2022
#DroupadiMurmu's Historic Oath As #President Of India https://t.co/8KPOGJ4Tqu pic.twitter.com/EDrC0BxfGD
- NDTV (@ndtv) July 25, 2022
"Besides being an adivasi, a woman and the youngest President, she's also a person with great insights on education and rights of the downtrodden and has a career fighting for that":@srijanpalsingh, former advisor to Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, on #DroupadiMurmu as India's next President pic.twitter.com/5BycH0js2o
- NDTV (@ndtv) July 25, 2022
#WATCH | Delhi: Outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita Kovind extend greetings to President-elect Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
- ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2022
(Video Source: Rashtrapati Bhavan) pic.twitter.com/DF6dN6iVNQ
#WATCH | President-elect #DroupadiMurmu pays tribute at Rajghat in Delhi. She will take oath as the 15th President of the country today.
- ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2022
(Video Source: Rashtrapati Bhavan Twitter account) pic.twitter.com/pen5zhVHwR
#DroupadiMurmu at Rajghat before taking oath as President
- NDTV (@ndtv) July 25, 2022
NDTV's Sunil Prabhu reports pic.twitter.com/jsrQ30X4Sw
#DroupadiMurmu | Madam President-elect's classmate speaks to NDTV's Harsha Kumari Singh in Odisha's Mayurbhanj pic.twitter.com/3QtllEtf3p
- NDTV (@ndtv) July 25, 2022
President-Elect #DroupadiMurmu To Take Oath Today: 10 Points https://t.co/265ilTz0FY pic.twitter.com/2PcKVOk8MP
- NDTV (@ndtv) July 25, 2022
#WATCH | Delhi: President-elect Droupadi Murmu leaves from her residence, for Rajghat. Later today, she will take oath as the 15th President of the country in the Central Hall of Parliament. pic.twitter.com/MBDFKDD6QG
- ANI (@ANI) July 25, 2022
- President-elect Droupadi Murmu will take oath to head the highest constitutional post of the country at 10:15 am, followed by a 21-gun salute.
- Chief Justice of India NV Ramana will administer the oath of office of the President to her.
- Before the oath ceremony, outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind and President-elect Murmu will arrive in parliament in a ceremonial procession.
- Another ceremonial event will be held at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhawan at 9:42 am.
- But if it rains, the function will be skipped, according to a statement on the schedule of the oath ceremony.
