According to a statement on the schedule of the oath ceremony, 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.
New Delhi: NDA presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu will swear-in as 15th and 1st tribal president of India at 10:15 am on Monday, followed by a 21-gun salute. The oath of office of the President will be administered by Chief Justice Of India NV Ramana.
Earlier in the day, Ms Murmu had visited Rajghat,the Mahatma Gandhi memorial to pay her respects.Priror to the oath ceremony, outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind and President-elect Murmu will arrive in parliament in a ceremonial procession.
According to a statement on the schedule of the oath ceremony, 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.
Some of the attendees for the ceremony are 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.
On Sunday, outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind hosted a dinner for President-elect Murmu, Vice President Naidu, PM Modi and the Union Council of Ministers at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Soon to be President Ms 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.
She was the first woman to be sworn in as Jharkhand Governor in 2015.
The President-elect is a two-time BJP MLA from Odisha, She also served as a minister in the Naveen Patnaik cabinet when the Biju Janata Dal or BJD ruled the state with BJP’s support.
Ms Murmu has diverse administrative experience having handled ministries such as transport, commerce, fisheries and animal husbandry in the Odisha government.
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