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INDIA’S 15TH PRESIDENT

HISTORIC WIN!

NDA’s presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu has made history by winning the election with ease.
She will be the first tribal to hold the highest office. With her victory, the Modi government has tried to mobilise
support among 100 million people who belong to tribal communities

OUR BUREAU “Hearty Congratulations to Smt.
Draupadi Murmu ji on being elected
New Delhi
as the President of India. Your role
n a major symbolic victory for In- in giving voice to hopes & aspirations
dia’s tribals, the NDA’s presiden- of people is exemplary. I hope under
Itial candidate Droupadi Murmu your able guidance, people of our
was officially declared as the 15th country will make a leading contribu-
President of the country after the tion in building a New India,” Birla
conclusion of the counting of votes tweeted.
on Thursday. Murmu received 2,824 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
votes with a value 6,76,803 while her also extended best wishes to Murmu
opponent Yashwant Sinha secured and tweeted, “Congratulations and
1,877 votes with a value 3,80,177. A best wishes to Smt. Droupadi Mur-
total of 4,809 MPs and MLAs cast mu ji on being elected as the 15th
their votes in the polling that took President of India”.
place on July 18. Bahujan Samaj Party chief May-
Secretary General of Rajya awati, who had extended support to
Sabha and the Returning Officer for Murmu’s candidature, also congratu-
Presidential Election 2022, PC Mody lated her on the victory and said that
handed over the certificate to Presi- she will prove to be an efficient pres-
dent-elect Droupadi Murmu at her ident. “Hearty congratulations and
residence in Delhi. many best wishes to Draupadi Mur-
Murmu is the first tribal to be mu, a woman of the exploited and
elected to the highest office. She will very backward tribal society, on be-
be the second women president of ing elected today with huge votes in
India. the election for the post of President
Soon after the completion of the Droupadi Murmu greets media personnel after being elected as the 15th President of of the country. She will prove to be
third round of counting, Prime Min- country in New Delhi on Thursday (ANI Photo/Rahul Singh) an efficient and successful President,
ister Narendra Modi and BJP pres- the country hopes such,” Mayawati
ident JP Nadda met Murmu at her great pride for the whole country, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh tweeted in Hindi.
residence in the national capital and I congratulate her. This victory is a also congratulated Murmu on the “Being the first woman presiden-
extended greetings for her victory. milestone in the direction of real- victory and said that her rising from tial candidate of ST category in the
Wishes poured in from the polit- izing the resolve of Antyodaya and the poor and underprivileged posi- country, BSP rose above party poli-
ical fraternity on Thursday as Mur- the empowerment of tribal society,” tion to the “highest constitutional tics and gave her support and vote.
mu won the Presidential election and Shah tweeted in Hindi. position” is proof of the “strength of Now the government should coop-
is set to be the 15th President of In- The Home Minister further said Indian democracy”. erate with them in fulfilling their re-
dia. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, that she has reached the highest “Congratulations to Smt sponsibilities according to the right
Union Home Minister Amit Shah, position in the country after “fight- Draupadi Murmu ji for registering intention of the constitution so that
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh ing against the odd circumstances” an effective victory in the Presiden- the public expectation is fulfilled and
and BJP president JP Nadda went which shows the “power of our de- tial election. She has been active for the country’s prestige increases im-
to meet Murmu at her residence this mocracy”. public welfare in villages, poor, un- mensely,” she added.
evening after the conclusion of the “Smt Draupadi Murmu ji has derprivileged as well as in slums. To- Meanwhile, Union Education
third round of the counting of votes reached this highest position of the day she has risen from among them Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on
which ensured her victory. Shah, country today after fighting against to the highest constitutional position. Thursday joined folk artists as they
while congratulating Murmu, said the odd circumstances, it shows the This is proof of the strength of Indian performed a tribal dance to cele-
that her victory is a “milestone” in immense power of our democracy. democracy,” Singh tweeted in Hindi. brate National Democratic Alli-
the empowerment of tribal society. Even after so many struggles, the Lok Sabha Speaker Om Bir- ance (NDA) presidential candidate
“Coming from a very common selfless spirit with which she devoted la, who also reached the residence Droupadi Murmu’s lead against the
tribal family, NDA candidate Smt. herself in the service of the country of Murmu, extended greetings and Opposition’s Yashwant Sinha af-
Draupadi Murmu ji’s election as the and society is inspiring for all,” Shah said that her role in giving “voice to ter the end of the second round of
President of India is a moment of tweeted. hopes” and is “exemplary”. Continued at next page... >>

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