Minister for Infrastructure and Investment Ganta Srinivasa Rao has expressed his happiness at the election of Pranab Mukherjee as the 13{+t}{+h}President of India by a landslide margin.

The victory has also strengthened the UPA-II Government at the centre, the minister said describing Mr. Mukherjee as a source of inspiration for generations of parliamentarians to come for the involvement with which he had served the country in many capacities and expressed confidence that he would lend a special dignity and stature to the presidency.