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The Parliament will be hosting a farewell programme today inside its Central Hall for the outgoing President Pranab Mukherjee. Lok Sabha Speaker Sumitra Mahajan has requested all the members to attend the function.
The programme will begin at 5:30 in the evening and will be addressed by the Speaker Ms. Mahajan and Vice President Hamid Ansari, Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will also attend the function.
Last evening, the Prime Minister hosted a dinner at the Hyderabad House in New Delhi in honour of the outgoing President. Union Ministers, Chief Ministers of some states, and senior politicians attended the programme.
On Friday, Chiefs of Staff Committee had hosted a farewell Banquet for Mr. Mukherjee. Prime Minister, Defence Minister, Service Chiefs and other senior military and civilian officials of the Services and the Defence Ministry had attended the Banquet.
Mr. Mukherjee’s five-year term of office at the top constitutional post ends tomorrow. The President elect Ram Nath Kovind will be sworn in on Tuesday.