Prez to address joint session of House on Constitution Day
The New Indian Express|November 26, 2024
PRESIDENT Droupadi Murmu will address a joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan on Tuesday, to mark 75 years of the adoption of India's Constitution.
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Prez to address joint session of House on Constitution Day

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will attend the event.

Speaking to reporters, Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju termed the event a "historic occasion". "We will sit in the very same chamber where the Constituent Assembly sittings happened and the Constitution was adopted," he said.

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