President Droupadi Murmu takes maiden sortie in Sukhoi 30 MKI | Watch Video

On Friday, she inaugurated the two-day ‘‘Gaj Festival” at the Kaziranga National Park and attended the celebration to mark 75 years of Gauhati High Court in Guwahati.

With her maiden sortie, President Murmu became the second female Indian President after Pratibha Patil to fly in a fighter plane. Former President Pratibha Patil had flown in the Sukhoi fighter jet in 2009.

This is President Murmu’s second visit to the state after she became the President. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma praised the President for taking sortie close to the India-China border. He wrote, “It was absolutely breathtaking to see the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces, our Aadarniya Rashtrapati ji, undertake a sortie on the Sukhoi-30 MKI at Tezpur. The significance of this happening so close to the India-China border is not to be missed.”