An epochal moment in India’s history

Droupadi Murmu , a woman from one of India’s most backward tribes, has become the first citizen of India, making history. Beyond mere optics, she is a living testimony to India’s vibrant democracy where people from the bottom-most rung of hierarchical social structure can reach the topmost position. By ensuring her historic victory in presidential election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has demonstrated that he can make the impossible possible. President-elect Droupadi Murmu’s journey from a remote tribal village in Odisha to Rashtrapati Bhawan mirrors the trajectory of the country’s democracy and testifies its uplifting possibilities. The presidential office will be burnished and enriched by President-elect Murmu’s story. Just by being there, she will bring the highest office of the land closer to the country’s most marginalised people