President Droupadi Murmu Addresses Joint Session of Parliament

New Delhi: President Droupadi Murmu congratulated the new MPs in her first address to the joint sitting of Parliament on Thursday after the constitution of the 18th Lok Sabha. Murmu said she hoped they would act as the medium for fulfilling the aspirations of the people of India.

The President also congratulated the people of Jammu and Kashmir for the high voter turnout recorded in the union territory in the recent Lok Sabha election and lauded the Election Commission for holding the world’s biggest democratic exercise.

“A very good outcome has emerged from Jammu and Kashmir in this election. Voting records of decades have been broken,” she said.

“In the last four decades, we only saw low voter turnout in Kashmir amid strikes and shutdowns. Enemies of India used to project it as the opinion of Jammu and Kashmir on the global stage. This time, the people of Jammu and Kashmir gave a befitting reply to such forces,” she said.

The people of India have given a clear and stable mandate to the Modi government for a third time, President Murmu said.

Murmu said, “The world can see Indians have for the third time formed a government with a stable and full mandate,” she said.

“This has happened after six decades. People have shown trust in my government for the third time. People of India are confident that only my government can fulfil their aspirations,” she said.

“This is a stamp of approval for the mission of service and good governance that my government has run for the last 10 years,” the President said.