LIVE UPDATES - Draupadi Murmu becomes 15th President Of India
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The nation on Thursday got its first tribal President as Droupadi Murmu crossed over 50 per cent of the total vote value after three rounds of counting. She defeated opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha. Murmu (64) became the first tribal and the second woman to hold the highest office.
Murmu's tally had crossed the 50 percent-mark of total valid votes, at the end of the third round of counting. Giving details, PC Mody, Secretary General, Rajya Sabha said the states that are covered after the third round of counting include are Karnataka, Kerala, MP, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha and Punjab. “In this round, total valid votes 1,333. Total value of valid votes is 1,65,664. Droupadi Murmu got 812 votes, Yashwant Sinha 521 votes,” he said.
“So, upto this round, the cumulative total is – total valid votes is 3219 with total value of 8,38,839 of which Droupadi Murmu gets 2161 votes of the value of 5,77,777. Yashwant Sinha get 1058 votes of the value of 2,61,062,” PC Mody added.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted and congratulated Droupadi Murmu on being elected as the new President of the country.BJP national president JP Nadda was also present at her residence.
PM Modi also took to Twitter and wrote, "India scripts history. At a time when 1.3 billion Indians are marking Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, a daughter of India hailing from a tribal community born in a remote part of eastern India has been elected our President! Congratulations to Smt. Droupadi Murmu Ji on this feat."
Defence Min Rajnath Singh congratulates Droupadi Murmu on being elected the 15th President of India. "She has been active in working for welfare of villages, poor, deprived. Rising amidst them she has reached highest constitutional post today. This is the proof of power of India's democracy," Singh tweeted.