Presidency of Droupadi Murmu

The presidency of Droupadi Murmu began on 25 July 2022, after she took the oath as the 15th President of India, administered by Chief Justice N. V. Ramana. She was the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee and defeated the United Opposition nominee and former Minister of Finance, Yashwant Sinha. Prior to being the presidential nominee, she was the Governor of Jharkhand and a minister in Odisha Government.

Droupadi Murmu
Presidency of Droupadi Murmu
July 25, 2022 – Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Election2022 Indian presidential election
SeatRashtrapati Bhawan

Emblem of India

Presidential election of 2022
Main article: 2022 Indian presidential election
Murmu with Naveen Patnaik in Odisha in 2022 during the campaign

In June 2022, the BJP nominated Murmu as the National Democratic Alliance's candidate for President of India for the 2022 election.[1]

Murmu visited various states as part of the campaign around the country seeking support for her candidature, from BJP lawmakers and other opposition parties. She visited NE states, the JMM party of Jharkhand, BJD of Odisha, Shiv Sena of Maharashta, BSP of Uttar Pradesh, JDS of Karnataka and many others were some of the prominent opposition parties that extended their support to her.[2][3][4]

Controversies stirred over when Congress called Murmu a dummy candidate of the BJP through its tweet.[5] RJD's Tejaswi Yadav called her a statue and stated that Rashtrapati Bhavan did not need one.[6] Congress leader Ajoy Kumar said "It's not about Droupadi Murmu. Yashwant Sinha is also a good candidate and Murmu is also a decent person. But she represents a very evil philosophy of India. We should not make her a symbol of 'Adivasi'. We have President Ram Nath Kovind, Hathras happened. Has he said a word? The condition of Scheduled Castes has become worse."[7]

Oaths Administered

Oaths of Office administered by Murmu

Date Taken By Office References
3 August 2022 Suresh N Patel Central Vigilance Commissioner [8]
11 August 2022 Jagdeep Dhankhar Vice President of India [9]
27 August 2022 Uday Umesh Lalit 49th Chief Justice of India [10]
9 November 2022 D. Y. Chandrachud 50th Chief Justice of India [11]

International outreach

Hosted delegation
President, Smt. Droupadi Murmu, Prime Minister and Union Minister for Defence, Shri Rajnath Singh at the ‘Beating Retreat’ ceremony, at Vijay Chowk, in New Delhi on January 29, 2023.

A Parliamentary delegation from Mozambique visited the Rashtrapati Bhavan in July 2022, led by the speaker of Assembly of Mozambique. This was the first international delegation visit after her assumption of the office. Murmu also stated that "India and Mozambique enjoy close friendly relations with regular exchange of high-level visits between the two countries."[12][13]

List of international trips
Year Country Areas Visited Date(s) Notes
2022 United Kingdom London 17-20 September To attend the State funeral of Queen Elizabeth II

References
  1. "India: BJP backs tribal politician Draupadi Murmu for president against former ally | DW | 18.07.2022". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. "Droupadi Murmu meets JMM, NDA leaders, seeks support for prez poll". Business Standard India. Press Trust of India. 2022-07-05. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  3. "Droupadi Murmu to visit Karnataka today, seek support for presidential polls". Hindustan Times. 2022-07-10. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  4. "Murmu to visit Kolkata today to seek support". The Indian Express. 2022-07-09. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
  5. "Puducherry Congress says Droupadi Murmu will be 'dummy President', BJP reacts". Hindustan Times. 22 June 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  6. "On Droupadi Murmu, Tejashwi Yadav says, 'Don't want a statue, have you heard..?'". Hindustan Times. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  7. "Congress leader Ajoy Kumar: Droupadi Murmu represents 'evil philosophy of India'". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 2022-07-23.
  8. Bureau, The Hindu (2022-08-03). "Suresh Patel sworn in as the new CVC". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  9. Bureau, The Hindu (2022-08-11). "Jagdeep Dhankhar sworn in as 14th Vice-President of India". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-08-27.
  10. Bureau, The Hindu (2022-08-10). "Justice U.U. Lalit appointed 49th Chief Justice of India". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-08-10.
  11. Bureau, The Hindu (2022-11-09). "D.Y. Chandrachud is sworn in as the 50th Chief Justice of India". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2022-11-09.
  12. Admin, India Education Diary Bureau (29 July 2022). "Parliamentary delegation from Mozambique called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan | India Education | Latest Education News | Global Educational News | Recent Educational News". Retrieved 2022-07-31.
  13. PTI (2022-07-29). "Parliamentary delegation from Mozambique calls on President Droupadi Murmu". ThePrint. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
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