New Delhi: Newly sworn-in Droupadi Murmu on Monday assumed the office of the President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Monday.
She assumed office in a handing-over ceremony from outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomed President Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
After assuming office, President Murmu inspected a tri-services guard of honor at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Former President Kovind, whose five-year term ended on Sunday, left from Rashtrapati Bhawan and arrived at his new residence on Janpath Road.
Kovind was allotted 12 Janpath as his retirement home in June this year. The bungalow was occupied previously by the family of late union minister Ram Vilas Paswan.
Before moving to his new residence, the Tri-Services Guard of Honor was presented to former President Kovind at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
President Murmu was administered the oath of office by Chief Justice of India NV Ramanna on Monday.
In her address to the nation after being sworn in, Murmu stated that she was the first President to be born in independent India and was honored to take charge at a time when the country is completing 75 years of Independence.
The first tribal and second woman to hold the country’s highest constitutional office said her elevation to the post is not only her own achievement but that of every poor of the country and is a reflection of the confidence of crores of Indians.
“Reaching the post of President is not my personal achievement, it is the achievement of every poor in India. It is the power of our democracy that a daughter born in a poor house, a daughter born in a remote tribal area, can reach the highest constitutional post of India,” she said.
The president further extended wishes to the Indian Army of the country to all the citizens of the country on Kargil Vijay Diwas in advance.
She assured all the countrymen, especially the youth of India and the women of India, that while working in this position, their interests will be paramount to her.
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