Ram Nath Kovind to take oath as India's 14 President today
will take oath as country's 14 President today. Kovind will be sworn-in by Chief Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar at Parliament House.
Ram Nath Kovind, 71, is second Dalit President after KR Narayanan to walk into the 340-room Rashtrapati Bhavan. Kovind defeated Congress-led Opposition's candidate former Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar by a handsome margin of 65.2 per cent votes.
Ram Nath Kovind to take oath as President: Here's the schedule
The ceremony of assumption of office by Ramnath Kovind, the President-elect, will be held at 12.15 PM in the Central Hall of Parliament.
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- Ahead of the oath taking ceremony, Kovind will visit Rajghat, Mahatma Gandhi's memorial on the banks of Yamuna river.
- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who broke ranks with the Opposition to support NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind, is also likely to attend the event.
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan, Vice President Hamid Ansari, Union Ministers, senior BJP leaders, chief ministers of several states will be attending Kovind'S swearing-in ceremony.