New Delhi: Droupadi Murmu on Monday (July 25, 2022) took oath as the 15th President of India and became the first tribal woman to occupy the highest office in the country. Murmu, 62, is the first President of India who was born in independent India. She was administered oath by Chief Justice of India NV Ramana at a ceremony that was held at Parliament’s Central Hall in the presence of former president Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President and Rajya Sabha Chairman M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi amongst others.
In her first address as President, Murmu said that her election to the top constitutional post proves that in India, the poor can not only dream but also fulfill those aspirations.
“I have been elected during an important time when the country is marking 75 years of Independence,” she said.
“Reaching this office is not my personal achievement but that of all the poor people in the country,” Murmu added.
“My election is proof of the fact that in India, the poor can dream and also fulfil those dreams,” she said.
It is the power of India’s democracy that a girl born in a poor tribal home could reach the topmost constitutional post, Murmu added.
In her speech, the President stressed speeding up efforts to meet the expectations that the freedom fighters had from the citizens of independent India.
Bureau Report
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