POBNEWS24, Dhaka, 25 July 2022: Draupadi Murmu was sworn in as the 15th President of India on Monday. She is the first woman indigenous president of that country.
After taking the oath, Draupadi Murmu said, it is a proof that even the poor can dream and fulfill it.
Draupadi got 64 percent votes in the presidential election of India.
Draupadi received the highest number of votes from Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra. After the victory of Draupadi, the child of the Santal family of Mayurbhanj, Odisha, the people of the tribal community started celebrating.
Earlier Ram Nath Kovind, Pranab Mukherjee, Pratibha Patil, APJ Abdul Kalam – all took oath as President on 25 July.
Incidentally, since 1977, the swearing-in of the President of India has started on July 25. India’s sixth President Neelam Sanjeev Reddy was sworn in that day.
All presidents since then have been sworn in on July 25. Because since 1977 all presidents have served their full term. Accordingly, all presidents’ term ends on July 24. In this atmosphere, the next president has been sworn in on July 25 for the past four and a half decades.
Rajendra Prasad became the first President of India. He was sworn in on 26 January 1950. He was the President till May 13, 1962. Then Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan became the President.
He held office till his full term. But then Fakruddin Ali Ahmed and Zakir Hussain could not complete their term as president. Meanwhile, Vivi Giri had completed her term.
After that BD Jatti held office as the interim president till 25 July 1977. All presidents since then have completed their five-year terms, and all expire on July 24.
In this situation, the next president was sworn in on July 25 and this tradition has been going on for the past four decades.
Source: NDTV.
