President-elect Ram Nath Kovind will be sworn-in as the 14th President of India on Tuesday (July 25). The Ceremony of assumption of office will be held at 12.15 pm in the Central Hall of Parliament House, New Delhi.
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The swearing-in ceremony will be broadcast live on Doordarshan and other TV channels.
You can watch the ceremony LIVE on the YouTube channel of Doordarshan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZ7Gn0zjDm8)
As per the norms, Ram Nath Kovind will take the Oath of office in the presence of the Chief Justice of India Jagdish Singh Khehar.
The ceremony will be attended by the Prime Minister, the Chairman of Rajya Sabha, Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the Chief Justice of India and Speaker of the Lok Sabha.
The 71-year-old former Bihar Governor's swearing-in ceremony will also be graced by Members of Council of Ministers, Governors, Chief Ministers, Heads of Diplomatic Missions, Members of Parliament and Principal Civil and Military Officers of the Government of India.
Kovind beat his opponent, Meira Kumar of the Congress, by getting 65.6 percent of the votes in counting that took place on Thursday, July 20.
He will be the second person from Dalit community to hold the top constitutional position.
Ram Nath Kovind's schedule
The President-elect will first offer his prayers at the samadhi of Mahatma Gandhi, Father of the Nation. He will then meet President Pranab Mukherjee at the Rashtrapati Bhavan to have a one-on-one discussion on important files and policies related to defence, external affairs and finance.
Following the discussion, Kovind and Mukherhjee will head for the Parliament, where Kovind will be received by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Speaker Sumitra Mahajan and Vice-President Hamid Ansari.
After Chief Justice Khehar would administrator oath to the new President Ram Nath Kovind, a 21-gun salute will be fired in Kovind's honour.
Kovind will also deliver an acceptance speech, following which he will exchange seats with Pranab Mukherjee.
