A photo of President Murmur is being claimed that Draupadi Murmur took office by following the Vedic tradition before the oath of office of the President.

News Claim: Draupadi Murmur was on Monday sworn in as the 15th President of India. Murmur is the first President of the country, who was born in independent India. All the presidents before him were born before the independence of the country and at the age of 64, he is the youngest president to sit in this position.

A photo of President Murmur with former President Ram Nath Kovind is going viral on social media. In which it is being claimed that Draupadi Murmur took office by following the Vedic tradition before the oath of office of the President.Sharing the picture of President Murmur and Ramnath Kovind, a user named aksharprem2 on Twitter wrote that #Heritage Transfer of Power is a Yagya that takes place in the witness of Mahadev. The moments of transfer, the emotion, the intuition, the atmosphere write history. See transfer of the presidency. Political formalities will continue to happen, Vedic commitment is being done first.

News Verification: Ayupp found that the claim is misleading. This picture was taken in Deoghar, Jharkhand in 2020, when former President Ram Nath Kovind was on an official visit. Draupadi Murmu was the then Governor of Jharkhand.To know the truth of the viral photo, we did a reverse search on Google. In the search result, we found this photo on many websites. Ram Nath Kovind was in Jharkhand on a two-day visit on February 29 and March 1. As per reports, their destinations included Ranchi, Deoghar and Gumla.

News Verdict: Ayupp Found that the claim is misleading. This picture was taken in Deoghar, Jharkhand in 2020, when former President Ram Nath Kovind was on an official visit. Draupadi Murmu was the then Governor of Jharkhand.

 

 

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