Noting that he had the privilege of visiting almost all state capitals in the last one month, he said he got overwhelming support and affection despite his introduction was limited to the members of the electoral collegium.
Mukherjee also utilised the opportunity to thank his rival P A Sangma who had congratulated him for the victory.
Pranab Mukherjee was on Sunday elected the next President trouncing P A Sangma by a huge margin to embark on a new journey capping over four decades of active political innings.
In a virtually one-side election that saw divisions in the opposition NDA, the 76-year-old UPA nominee Mukherjee secured a vote value of 7,13,763, garnering 69.3 per cent of the total 10,29,750 valid votes polled.
Rival P A Sangma, who was backed by BJP and some other opposition parties like AIADMK and BJD, trailed far behind with 3,15,987 vote value in the polling that saw heavy cross-voting against him by BJP MLAs in Karnataka in favour of Mukherjee.
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