Droupadi Murmu is set to script history on Thursday by becoming the first <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/president-murmu-says-constitution-is-nations-identity-pride-23605093" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">President</a> to address the Odisha assembly during her two-day visit to the state, officials said.
Murmu is scheduled to address members of the Odisha Legislative Assembly from 4.30 pm to 5.30 pm, Speaker Surama Padhy said.
The President hails from Odisha, and is a <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/president-murmu-says-constitution-is-nations-identity-pride-23605093" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">former member</a> of the assembly.
Murmu will arrive at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here at 2 pm and reach the Raj Bhavan at 2.20 pm to inaugurate the Kalinga Atithi Nivas, the officials said.
She was elected to the Odisha assembly from the Rairangpur seat in Mayurbhanj district twice 2000 and 2004.
Padhy said Murmu will be the first President to visit and address the Odisha Assembly.
Murmu was also a minister in the BJD-BJP coalition government in Odisha.
The President will also visit room number 11, the chamber in the assembly from where she functioned as a minister.
She served as an MoS with independent charge for Commerce and Transportation from March 6, 2000 to August 6, 2002, and Fisheries and Animal Resources Development from August 6, 2002 to May 16, 2004.
The chamber has been renovated ahead of her visit, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Mukesh Mahaling said.
In 2007, Murmu had received the 'Nilkanth Award' for the Best <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/mumbai-central-railway-marks-samvidhan-diwas-across-its-divisions-on-constitution-day-23605003" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">MLA</a> of the Odisha assembly.
Governor Hari Babu Kambhampati, MPs from the state and eminent personalities are also scheduled to attend the proceedings when the President addresses the assembly.
Keeping in view the President's visit, the <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/photo/in-photos-president-droupadi-murmu-visits-mumbai-96238/7" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Odisha government</a> has made elaborate security arrangements in Bhubaneswar, including in and around the assembly, the officials said.
The Winter Session of the assembly will begin on Friday and is scheduled to continue till December 31.
Murmu will leave for Uttar Pradesh on November 28.&nbsp;
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Droupadi Murmu is set to script history on Thursday by becoming the first President to address the Odisha assembly during her two-day visit to the state 

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