Droupadi Murmu took oath as the 15th President of India today. She was escorted by Vice-President and Chairman of the Rajya Sabha M Venkaiah Naidu and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla to the Central Hall.

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.

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 fulfil those aspirations.” I have been elected during an important time when the country is marking 75 years of Independence,” she said.
Droupadi is the youngest person to take oath as the President of India.