Narendra Modi is going to take oath as the Prime Minister of India for the third time. The oath-taking ceremony is going to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday evening.
Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina arrived in Delhi on Saturday to attend the swearing-in ceremony of the Indian Prime Minister. Apart from him, the governments and heads of state of six other countries of the neighboring countries and the Indian Ocean region have been invited on this occasion. Vice President of Sicily Ahmed Afif also came to Delhi yesterday.
Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravinda Kumar Jagannath, President of Maldives Mohamed Muijju, Prime Minister of Bhutan Tshering Togbe, President of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe and Prime Minister of Nepal Pushpa Kamal Dahal will appear one by one by noon today. After the swearing-in ceremony, foreign guests will attend a dinner at the invitation of President Draupadi Murmu.
Quoting Rashtrapati Bhavan sources, Indian media say that around 8,000 dignitaries from home and abroad have been invited to attend the oath-taking ceremony.
Before the results were announced, it was thought that Narendra Modi’s hat-trick of Prime Ministership would be celebrated in public. For that reason, the proposal to hold an oath-taking ceremony in the newly created path of duty was also being considered during his tenure. As Prime Minister, Modi was keen to match the record of Jawaharlal Nehru, the country’s first Prime Minister.
Nehru became Prime Minister three times winning elections in 1952, 1957 and 1962. Every victory of the Congress under Nehru’s leadership was absolute. He formed the government without anyone’s help. Modi failed there. In a hat-trick year, he has to take the help of coalition partners to form the government.
Security has been beefed up for the swearing-in ceremony. Vashal Tallat near Rashtrapati Bhavan has been brought under ‘No Fly Zone’. Let alone airplanes, lanterns or drones cannot be flown or operated in the area.
The oath-taking ceremony will begin at 7:30 pm. Only then will it be understood how many full ministers and how many state ministers are being made in the first round and how many of which party are getting a place in the cabinet. After taking the oath, the new ministers are officially informed who is getting which office. Since last Friday, the partner leaders have conveyed their demands to the top leaders of the BJP.
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