Droupadi Murmu elected new India president

KABUL (Pajhwok): Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Droupadi Murmu has been elected as the 15th president of India according to a media report on Friday.

She defeated the opposition's Yashwant Sinha. With this, Murmu became the first tribal woman and the second woman to hold the position.

Murmu is also the first President to be born after independence and is the youngest to occupy the top post.

Murmu, 64, won by an overwhelming margin against Sinha after receiving over 64 per cent valid votes in a day-long counting of ballots of MPs and MLAs, comprising the electoral college, to succeed Ram Nath Kovid to become the country's 15th president.

India Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with party president JP Nadda visited Murmu's residence in Delhi to congratulate the leader.

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