The President of India Droupadi Murmu, who arrived on a five-day visit to Himachal Pradesh, was accorded a warm welcome on her arrival at the Kalyani Helipad at Chharabra near Shimla today. Governor Kavinder Gupta and Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu received the President and extended a warm welcome on behalf of the people of the State.
HP Vidhan Sabha Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania, Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Anirudh Singh, who has also been designated as the Minister-in-Waiting for the President’s visit, MP Suresh Kumar Kashyap, Mayor Surinder Chauhan, Chief Secretary Sanjay Gupta, Director General of Police Ashok Tiwari, Chief of Staff Lt. General S. S. Dhayia, along with senior officers of the State Government and Army were also present on the occasion.