Welcome Madam President: An Identity Victory with a Moment of Pride
The country is celebrating the victory of India’s 15th President ‘Droupadi Murmu’, who is not only the India’s first youngest president- securing the office at the age of 64, but also the first person belonging to Scheduled Tribe (ST) community who is elected as the President of India. Not only this, Ms. Murmu is the second female President, after Pratibha Devi Patil, to hold the office of the President of India. BJP nominated- National Democratic Alliance’s Presidential candidate Ms. Murmu, has won the Presidential elections by polling over approx. 64 per cent of all votes which exposes the fact that around a dozen of MPs and more than 100 MLAs cross voted for her.