Following the President's address, a motion of thanks will be moved in both Houses of Parliament, which will be discussed by the members

The first session of the 18th Lok Sabha began on Monday and the Rajya Sabha session will start from today

The people of India have given a clear and stable mandate to the Modi government for a third time, President Droupadi Murmu said on Thursday as she addressed a joint sitting of Parliament

The President also congratulated the people of Jammu and Kashmir for the high voter turnout recorded in the union territory in the recent Lok Sabha elections and lauded the Election Commission for holding the world's biggest democratic exercise

Congratulating the new MPs in her first address to the joint sitting of Parliament after the constitution of the 18th Lok Sabha, Murmu said she hoped they would act as the medium for fulfilling the aspirations of the people of India

"A very good outcome has emerged from Jammu and Kashmir in this election. Voting records of decades have been broken," she said

"In the last four decades, we only saw low voter turnout in Kashmir amid strikes and shutdowns. Enemies of India used to project it as the opinion of Jammu and Kashmir on the global stage. This time, the people of Jammu and Kashmir gave a befitting reply to such forces," she said

Murmu said the whole world is talking about the 2024 elections

"The world can see Indians have for the third time formed a government with a stable and full mandate," she said