President Draupadi Murmu was accorded a grand welcome on reaching Jabalpur on Tuesday for a two-day stay in Madhya Pradesh. This is her first official visit to Madhya Pradesh after becoming the President. The President is in Lalpur, Shahdol to attend the tribal convention organized on the birth anniversary of Bhagwan Birsa Munda.
President Murmu arrived at Dumna airport in Jabalpur by an Indian Air Force aircraft from Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi at around 12.15 pm today. Governor Shri Mangubhai Patel and Chief Minister Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan received her at the airport.
The President was welcomed by Union Minister for Tribal Affairs Arjun Munda, Union Minister of State for Steel and Rural Development Faggan Singh Kulaste, State Revenue and Transport Minister Govind Singh Rajput and Rajya Sabha member Sumitra Valmiki.
After spending about 10 minutes at the airport, the President along with the Governor and the Chief Minister left for Shahdol by an Air Force helicopter.