President-elect Droupadi Murmu will take charge as the new President of India in the Central Hall of Parliament on Monday. The Chief Justice of India NV Ramana will administer the Oath to Murmu, the first tribal and second woman President of the nation.
“The Ceremony of assumption of Office by Shrimati Droupadi Murmu, the President-elect will be held on Monday, July 25, 2022 at 10:15 AM in the Central Hall of Parliament House, New Delhi,” said a communiqué by the Union Home Ministry.
Murmu (64), also the youngest President, belongs to the Santhal tribe and is the second woman after Pratibha Patil to helm the top Constitutional post.
Apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu and Union Ministers, Chief Ministers of all the States and Diplomats of several countries will grace the function at the Central Hall of Parliament.
“The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice of India, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Members of the Council of Ministers, Governors, Chief Ministers, Heads of Diplomatic Missions, Members of Parliament and principal Civil and Military Officers of the Government of India will assemble in the Central Hall for the Ceremony.
“The President and the President-elect will arrive in the Central Hall in a ceremonial procession. The President–elect will take the Oath of Office in the presence of the Chief Justice of India, followed by a 21-Gun Salute. The President will then deliver an address. On the conclusion of the Ceremony in the Central Hall, the President will leave for Rashtrapati Bhavan where an Inter-Services Guard of Honour will be given to her in the Forecourt and courtesies will be extended to the outgoing President, said Union Home Ministry in a Communiqué.
She got 64 percent votes in the Presidential Election of 20022 and defeated the combined Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha by a maring of almost 3 lakh votes.
Murmu had worked as a junior assistant in the Irrigation Department of Odisha Government and as a school teacher before entering politics and becoming a Councillor from Rairangpur in 1997. She went on to become a two-time BJP MLA and a Minister in her home State Odisha. She was also the Governor of Jharkhand till last year.