Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, other dignitaries meet President-Elect Murmu, congratulate her

New Delhi, July 22

Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Friday visited Droupadi Murmu’s temporary residence here and congratulated her on being elected as the 15th President of India.

Visitors, including Union ministers and saints, continued to stream in to meet Murmu and congratulate her on being elected to the top constitutional post.

Among others who met her included Union ministers Bhupender Yadav and G Kishan Reddy, religious leaders and functionaries of Brahma Kumaris, a spiritual organisation with which the President-Elect has been associated.

Vice President Naidu met Murmu and congratulated her on being elected as the 15th President of India, a tweet by his office said. The meeting lasted for 15 minutes, sources said.

Several BJP leaders, including its general secretary Vinod Tawde, also congratulated her in person.

Many senior functionaries of the government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi had visited her on Thursday soon after she emerged victorious to congratulate her.

Murmu has scripted history as she will be India’s first tribal President. She defeated Opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha in an one-sided contest.

The 64-year-old won by an overwhelming margin against Sinha after receiving over 64 per cent valid votes in a day-long counting of ballots of MPs and MLAs, comprising the electoral college, to succeed Ram Nath Kovind. She will take oath on Monday.

Election Commission issues certificate of election to Droupadi Murmu     

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday issue a ‘certificate of election’ to NDA nominee Droupadi Murmu who has emerged victorious in the presidential poll. The certificate is issued after the returning officer hands over the result to the poll panel.

“CEC Shri Rajiv Kumar & EC Shri Anup Chandra Pandey jointly signed the ‘Certification of the Election of Shrimati Droupadi Murmu as the next President of India’ after ECI received the Return of Election & a Declaration of Result of election from the Returning Officer,” the poll panel tweeted.

The certificate will now be sent to the Union Home Secretary, who will read it out at the oath-taking ceremony of the 15th President of India which is likely to take place at the historic Central Hall of Parliament House on July 25.