Vol. * XXXV. No. 02 * KAVARATTI *TUESDAY * 07 JANUARY, 2020. Price Rs. 2. Coral Islands Spruced up to Welcome The Hon’ble President of Shri

Kavaratti : The Coral in full Court, Iqbal Ahmad Islands in the Arabian Sea glory and pomb fruited to Ansari, administered the Spruced up to welcome the traditions and culture oath to Shri Ram Nath the Honourable President of the Island. Kovind as the 35th of India Shri. Ram Nath The Hon’ble of . Kovind on his maiden visit President of India will land After nomination for the to Lakshadweep Islands. at Agatti Airport on 7th post of 14th President of All arrangements have January and there after he India, he resigned from his been made to give a will flew to Kavaratti post as Governor of rousing and colourful Island same day. Bihar. President of India reception to Shri. Ram Hon’ble Adminis- Shri Nath Kovind, the Hon’ble trator, Collector, Member accepted his resignation President of India. of Parliament, President on 20 June 2017. He won The Hon’ble cum Chief Counsellor will the election on 20 President of India visiting receive the President. July 2017. for the first time to the Superintendent of Police, Shri Ram Nath Kovind smallest U.T. after assum- Commandent IRBn, received 65.65% of the ing the President of the Secretaries, Heads of the valid votes, against Nation. departments, Panchayat former Speaker of the Lok During his three days Representatives, Officers, Sabha - , the stay in the Islands, Employees and the presidential candidate of Hon’ble President will Public will present to the opposition who address a public gathering receive the Hon’ble received 34.35% of the at Panchayat Stage on President. total votes. Shri Ram 7th January, 2020 at Hon’ble President Nath Kovind received Capital Island Kavaratti. will Stay at Bangaram, 2,930 votes (From MPs The Headquarter the International Tourist and MLAs) amounting to Island Kavaratti is being Island of India for three Shri Ram Nath Kovind addressing after taking oath of office of the President of Electoral College votes of decorated to give a hearty days before leaving to India at a swearing-in ceremony in the central hall of Parliament in New on 702,044 (65.65%) as welcome to the Hon’ble . July 25, 2017. ( File Pohto) compared to 1,844 votes with a value of 367,314 th party. Soon after joining Development Scheme, he Shri Ram Nath Kovind 14 President of India the BJP, he contested focused on education in (34.35%) votes for Meira for Ghatampur assembly rural areas by helping in Kumar lagging far behind Shri Ram Nath brothers and two sisters. personal assistant constituency, and construction of school with 367,314 votes, and Kovind is currently serving After his elementary of Prime Minister of contested for Bhognipur buildings in 77 votes were invalid. Shri as the 14th President of school education, he had India Shri . (in 2007) (both in Uttar and Uttrakhand. As a Ram Nath Kovind became India, in office since to walk each day to In 1978, he became an Pradesh) assembly member of parliament, he only the second 25 July 2017. Previously Kanpur village, 8 km advocate-on-record of constituency. visited , , representative to become he had served as away, to attend junior the Supreme Court of He was elected and , , President after Shri K. R. the Governor of Bihar from school, as nobody in the India and served as a became a RajyaGermany, , Narayanan, and also is 2015 to 2017 and village had a bicycle. standing counsel Sabha MP from the state , the first BJP candidate to was a Member of He holds a bachelor’s for the Central of Uttar Pradesh in April and United States on be elected to the post. Parliament, Rajya degree in commerce and Government in the 1994. He served a total of study tours. The tally of votes (367,314) Sabha from 1994 to 2006. an LLB from DAV twelve years, two He has served on the polled by Meira Kumar is Shri Ram Nath Kovind was College (affiliated from 1980 to 1993. He consecutive terms, until Board of management only the second highest nominated as a with Kanpur University). practised in the Delhi March 2006. As a member of Dr. B.R Ambedkar for a losing candidate, that presidential candidate by After graduating in law High Court and Supreme of parliament, he served University, , and of Shri Neelam Sanjiva the ruling NDA coalition from DAV College, Court until 1993. As an on the Parliamentary as on the Board of Reddy in the 1969 and won the 2017 Kanpur, Shri Ram Nath advocate, he provided pro- Committee for Welfare of of IIM Calcutta. Presidential elections presidential election. Kovind went to Delhi to bono aid to weaker Scheduled Castes/ He has also represented being the highest ever; he Before entering politics, prepare for the civil sections of society, Tribes, Home Affairs, India at the UN and received 405,427 votes as he was a lawyer for 16 services examination and women and the poor under Petroleum and Natural addressed the United against 420,077 by Shri years and practised in passed the exam. Shri the Free Legal Aid Society Gas, Social Justice and Nations General V V Giri, the winner. the and Ram Nath Kovind enrolled of New Delhi. Empowerment, Law and Assembly in October Shri Ram Nath Kovind the Supreme Court until as an advocate in 1971 th He joined the BJP in Justice. He also served as 2002. took the oath as the 14 1993. with the bar council of 1991. He was President the Chairman of the On 8 August 2015, the President of India on 25 Shri Ram Nath Kovind Delhi. He was Central of the BJP DalitRajya Sabha House then President of India July 2017. was born on 1 October Government Advocate in Morcha between 1998 and Committee. During his appointed Shri Ram Nath Shri Ram Nath Kovind 1945, in Paraunkh village the Delhi High Court from 2002 and President of the career as a Kovind as Governor of married on in the Kanpur Dehat the year 1977 to 1979. All-India Koli Samaj. He parliamentarian, under Bihar. On 16 August 30 May 1974. They have district of Uttar Pradesh, Between 1977 and 1978, also served as national the Members of2015, the acting Chief a son, Prashant Kumar, as the youngest of five he also served as the spokesperson of the Parliament Local Area Justice of High and a daughter, Shweta. THE LAKSHADWEEP TIMES 07 January, 2020 Page 2 cmjv{S]Xnsb hcthð¡m³ ]hngZzo]pIÄ AWnsªmcp§n

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