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Ceremony of assumption of office by the President-elect to take place on Tuesday at 12.15PM

| | Jul 24, 2017, at 09:08 pm
New Delhi, Jul 24 (IBNS): The Union Ministry of Home Affairs said on Monday that the ceremony of assumption of office by President-elect Ramnath Kovind will be held on Tuesday, at 12.15 PM in the Central Hall of Parliament House, New Delhi.

The Chairman of Rajya Sabha, the Prime Minister, the Chief Justice of India, Speaker of the Lok Sabha, 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 will be present at the Central Hall for the ceremony.

The President and the President-elect will arrive in the Central Hall in a ceremonial procession.

After the President-elect takes the Oath of office in the presence of the Chief Justice of India, a 21-Gun Salute will be fired.

The President will then deliver an address.

On the conclusion of the ceremony in Central Hall, the President will leave for Rashtrapati Bhavan where an inter-services guard of honour will be given to him in the forecourt and courtesies will be extended to the outgoing President.

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