{"id":614,"date":"2018-01-18T07:04:30","date_gmt":"2018-01-18T07:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/?p=614"},"modified":"2018-01-18T07:04:30","modified_gmt":"2018-01-18T07:04:30","slug":"ram-nath-kovind-to-be-sworn-in-as-14th-president-of-india-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/ram-nath-kovind-to-be-sworn-in-as-14th-president-of-india-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Ram Nath Kovind to be sworn in as 14th President of India today"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source –\u00a0deccanchronicle.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Delhi: President-elect Ram Nath Kovind will be sworn-in as the 14th President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhawan on Tuesday in a glittering ceremony.<\/p>\n

Chief Justice JS Khehar will be swearing in the new President at a ceremonial function in the Parliament House.<\/p>\n

Kovind, along with wife Savita Kovind visited Rajghat and paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi.<\/p>\n

Then, outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee and Kovind will have a one-on-one discussion on important files and policies before leaving for the Central hall.<\/p>\n

At the Parliament, both will be received by Vice-President Hamid Ansari, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Speaker Sumitra Mahajan.<\/p>\n

The stage will be shared by President and President-elect, Speaker, Vice President and Chief Justice of India. After the oath of new President a 21-gun salute will be honored followed by the acceptance speech of President elect Kovind.<\/p>\n

After the event the new president and Mukherjee will proceed towards Rashtrapati Bhavan where outgoing President will give Kovind a tour of the official residence.<\/p>\n

Following which, the new president will proceed towards his new residence – 10, Rajaji Marg.<\/p>\n

Kovind, a National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee last Thursday won the presidential elections by defeating Opposition candidate Meira Kumar.<\/p>\n

After final round of counting, Kovind got 7,02,044 votes out of a total of 10,69,358 while his opponent and former Lok Sabha speaker Kumar secured 3,67,314 votes.<\/p>\n

A lawyer by profession, Kovind has worked extensively in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.<\/p>\n

Kovind has been the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Scheduled Caste Morcha chief (1998-2002) and the President of the All-India Koli Samaj. He also served as the national spokesperson of the party. The saffron party had even tired to project him as an alternative to Mayawati in Uttar Pradesh.<\/p>\n

He was enrolled as an advocate in 1971 with the Bar Council of Delhi. He became the Advocate-on-Record of the Supreme Court in 1978 and practised in Delhi High Court and Supreme Court for about 16 years till 1993.<\/p>\n

He was appointed as the Governor of Bihar on August 8, 2015. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh during the two terms of 1994-2000 and 2000-2006.<\/p>\n

Kovind served as member of the board of management of the BR Ambedkar University, Lucknow. He also served as member of board of governors of Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata.<\/p>\n

Kovind also represented India in United Nations (New York) and addressed the UN General Assembly in October, 2002.<\/p>\n

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