New Delhi
Rajya Sabha Chairman and Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Chief Justice of India N V Ramana, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla, Union Ministers, Governors, Chief Ministers, Heads of Diplomatic Missions, Members of Parliament and principal Civil and Military Officers of the Government of India will assemble in the Central Hall of the Parliament for the swearing-in ceremony of India’s first tribal President Droupadi Murmu.
The President and the President-elect will arrive in the Central Hall in a ceremonial procession. On the entire route, the personnel from three services will line up with arms and they will present arms as the VVIPs pass by.
The process of the entire ceremony has minute-to-minute detailing starting from the Rashtrapati Bhawan as early as 9.17 am itself with President Ram Nath Kovind leaving his apartment committee room Kaveri.
On the conclusion of the Ceremony in the Central Hall, the President will leave for Rashtrapati Bhavan where an Inter-Services Guard of Honour will be given to her in the Forecourt and courtesies will be extended to the outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind.
FULL ITINERARY
- 9:17 am: The outgoing President Ram Nath Kovind will leave his apartment for committee room Kaveri and will reach there by 9.20 am.
- 9:22 am: President-elect Droupadi Murmu will arrive in the North Court. She will be received by the Aide De Camp (ADC) to the President. She will then move towards the committee room Kaveri where she will be received by President Kovind.
- 9:37 am: The Military Secretary to President (MSP) will arrive at the forecourt. He will take salute from the President’s Bodyguard (PBG).
- 9:42 am: Both President Kovind and President-elect Murmu will leave the committee room ‘Kaveri’ for the Darbar Hall. In the Darbar Hall, a procession will take place which will skirt the Nandi Bull statue at the foyer of the Rashtrapati Bhavan from the Northern Side. The procession then will descend the steps of the Darbar Hall and arrive at the Saluting Dais of the forecourt. Both the President and President elect will then take position on the dais. The latter will be standing on the right.
- 9:49 am: National salute will be presented by the PBG. The salute will be taken by President Ram Nath Kovind. Then the President’s limousine will draw up near the saluting dais and the outgoing president will sit at the rear seat by the entrance which will be towards the dais. And the President elect and ADC will be sitting at the rear seat by the entrance away from the dais.
- 9:50 am: The limousine of the President will be escorted by the PBG as it proceeds towards Gate 5 of the Parliament House. At the southern side of the Jaipur Column, the 6 Sikh will turn out guard for the departure. On the entire route, the personnel from three services will line up with arms and they will present arms as the VVIPs pass by.
- The route will start from the main gate of Rashtrapati Bhavan and from there it will move towards Central Vista, then Iron Gate 7 of the Parliament House. They will go past building gates 10, 9,8, 7, 6 before they reach Gate # 5 of the Parliament House.
- 9:50 am: The First Lady will then leave North Court for the Central Hall of Parliament.
- 10:03 am: President Kovind and President-elect will arrive at the Parliament House and alight at Gate # 5 where they both will be received by the Rajya Sabha chairperson, Lok Sabha chairperson and the Chief Justice of India (CJI).
- 10:05 am: The whole presidential procession will then head towards the Central Hall of the Parliament.
- 10:11 am: On reaching the Central Hall, the Union Home Secretary will then request President Kovind’s permission to read out the communication from the election commission. Then, the communication which indicates the name of the President elect will be read out.
- 10:14 am: After this, the Chief Justice of India and President-Elect will rise from their seats. The President-elect will then be handed over the form of oath of the office by CJI.
- 10:14 am: President elect Droupadi Murmu will be administered oath by the CJI and she will then exchange seats with the outgoing President.
- 10:18 am: The oath register will be placed before the new president by the secretary to the president. She will then sign it.
- 10:18 am: This will be followed by the home secretary announcing the proclamation after the new President’s Permission.
- 10:23 am: The day’s proceedings will end with the first address by the new president.
- 10:35 am: The new President will then give assent to the home secretary’s request to conclude the ceremony.
