President elect Droupadi Murmu, was born in a remote village in which state?
Odisha
Jharkhand
Chhatisgarh
Telangana
Answer: Odisha
Droupadi Murmu, after being elected India’s 15th president, said her election is proof the poor can dream and fulfil them too. nation.
President Murmu is the second woman in the top constitutional post. She succeeded Ram Nath Kovind and was sworn in by Chief Justice of India N V Ramana at Parliament’s Central Hall.
The tribal leader is India’s youngest president at 64 and the first to be born after Independence.
She took oath of office in the name of god to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution and the law”.
“It is the power of India’s democracy that a girl born in a poor tribal home could reach the topmost constitutional post,” she said in her address.
“That I attained the post of president is not my personal achievement. It is the achievement of every poor person in India. My election is proof of the fact that the poor in India can have dreams and fulfil them too.”
In an address, she also spoke on a gamut of issues, including the poor, tribal communities, sustainable development as well as the government’s digital India and ‘vocal for local initiatives’ and its handling of the Covid pandemic.
“I was born in that tribal tradition which has lived in harmony with nature for thousands of years. I have realized the importance of forests and water bodies in my life,” Murmu, who also worked as a teacher decades ago, said.
“We take necessary resources from nature and serve nature with equal reverence. This sensitivity has become a global imperative today.”
PM Narendra Modi described Murmu assuming the office of president as a “watershed moment”.
“In her address after taking oath, President Droupadi Murmu Ji gave a message of hope and compassion. She emphasised on India’s accomplishments and presented a futuristic vision of the path ahead at a time when India is marking Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav,” Modi said.
“The entire nation watched with pride as Smt. Droupadi Murmu Ji took oath as the President of India. Her assuming the Presidency is a watershed moment for India especially for the poor, marginalised and downtrodden. I wish her the very best for a fruitful Presidential tenure,” he added.
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