In a tweet, Modi said, "Hosted dinner in honour of President Kovind Ji. Official sources said the dinner had a good representation from all parts of the country, including many Padma awardees and tribal leaders.Ī source said this dinner was "unique" as it did not have the usual Delhi-centric crowd and the emphasis was to make it more representative. President-elect Droupadi Murmu also attended the farewell dinner for Kovind whose term ends Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hosted dinner for outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind here with members of the Union Cabinet, chief ministers of various states and other dignitaries attending it. Subsequently, she was Governor of Jharkhand from 2015 to 2021. She was elected twice to the Odisha Assembly in 20 and was also a minister in the coalition government formed by the BJP and BJD, led by Naveen Patnaik from 2000 to 2004. She has a lifetime of experience in politics and in governance, having occupied positions as a legislator, minister, and governor.īorn in 1958, in the Uparbeda panchayat in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, she was the first woman in the area to go to college. She is also a formidable and appropriate choice for President. President-elect Murmu is an inspired choice, given her identity as a Santhal woman. They are found predominantly in Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha. Scheduled Tribes constitute over 8.6 per cent of the population – as per the 2011 Census, the ST population is 104 million. Adivasis or the “earliest inhabitants”, are the original indigenous people living in India. I have no doubt that Munda would have smiled broadly at what he would have considered a fitting but long overdue election. Today, almost 75 years after Munda stood amidst our founders and spoke, India will have its first Adivasi President in Droupadi Murmu. Subsequently on January 24, 1947, he admonished the Advisory Committee tasked with preparing schemes for the administration of tribal areas, that it never occurred to those responsible for the selection of the committee to have a tribal woman on it. On December 19, 1946, speaking at the Constituent Assembly, Adivasi leader Jaipal Munda called the new constitution “an opportunity for my people who have suffered for 6,000 years”. Meanwhile, Bihar BJP president Sanjay Jaiswal has claimed that “resentment” against Leader of Opposition Tejashwi Yadav got reflected in the presidential polls wherein Droupadi Murmu got more votes than the number NDA had in its kitty. The ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh on Friday claimed as many as 19 MLAs from the opposition camp voted in favour of President-elect Droupadi Murmu in the poll for the top constitutional post. Murmu, former Governor of Jharkhand, trounced challenger and Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha, securing 64.03 per cent of the total votes polled. When the counting of votes concluded, it was clear that Murmu’s spectacular win had also been helped by some cross-voting - proof of division and confusion in Opposition ranks. Election 2022 Result Highlights: NDA Presidential candidate Droupadi Murmuon Thursday scripted history by becoming the country’s first tribal President defeating Opposition nominee Yashwant Sinha. PM Modi hosted a dinner for outgoing President Ramnath Kovind on Friday.
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