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Live: Draupadi Murmu will take oath as President today, salute will be given with 21 guns

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President Droupadi Murmu Oath Live: Newly elected President Draupadi Murmu will take oath today for the country’s highest constitutional post. The swearing-in ceremony will begin at around 10.15 am today in the Central Hall of Parliament where Chief Justice N.V. Raman will administer the oath of office to him. At the same time, after this he will be given a 21-gun salute. President Draupadi Murmu will address this after all.
The swearing-in ceremony will be attended by 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, Members of Parliament and heads of government, civil and military officials. .
Draupadi to be given ‘Inter-Service Guard of Honour’
At the conclusion of the ceremony in the Central Hall of Parliament, the President will leave for the ‘Rashtrapati Bhavan’ where he will be presented with an ‘Inter-Service Guard of Honour’. Along with this, the courtesy respect of the outgoing President will be respected. Murmu (64) on Thursday created history by defeating Yashwant Sinha, the presidential candidate of the opposition parties.
Murmu secured more than 64 per cent of the valid votes of MPs and MLAs including the electorate and won the election by a huge margin. She will become the 15th President of the country. Murmu got 6,76,803 votes as against Sinha’s 3,80,177 votes. She will be the first to be born after independence and the youngest president to hold the top post. She is also the second woman to become president.
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