Narendra Modi is going to take oath as the Prime Minister of India for the third time in a row. The oath-taking ceremony will begin on Sunday (June 9) at 7:30 pm. Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina reached Delhi on Saturday to attend the event. Hindustan Times reported this news.
Apart from Sheikh Hasina, Vice President of Sicily Ahmed Afif also reached Delhi on Saturday. Besides, the governments and heads of state of six other countries of the neighboring countries and the Indian Ocean region have been invited to this event. Mauritius Prime Minister Pravinda Kumar Jagannath, Maldives President Mohamed Muijju, Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Togbe, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal will attend the swearing-in ceremony. After the ceremony, foreign guests will attend the dinner at the invitation of President Draupadi Murmu.
According to Rashtrapati Bhavan sources, about 8 thousand dignitaries from the country and abroad have been invited to attend the oath-taking ceremony. Various professionals, religious leaders, doctors and cultural personalities of India will also be present on the occasion. Also participants of Modi’s Mann Ki Baat program and Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri awardees have been invited to the swearing-in ceremony.
Outgoing Members of Parliament, BJP leaders, NEC members and other MLAs, MLAs and MLCs will attend the function. Aishwarya S. Menon, India’s first female pilot of Chennai Railway Division, and Surekha Yadav, Asia’s first female pilot, have been invited to the event.
However, Mamata Bandyopadhyay is not present at this event. “We haven’t received an invitation yet,” Mamata said during a meeting with newly elected Trinamool Congress MPs in the Lok Sabha on Saturday. Even if we get an invitation, we will not attend this event.’
Rahul Gandhi will not be present at Modi’s swearing-in ceremony. However, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will attend the event. Kharge will be present as Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, the Congress said in a statement.
Meanwhile, Pakistan is yet to formally congratulate Modi. Pakistan’s Foreign Office said on Friday that Pakistan wants cooperative relations with neighboring countries, including India. However, the Pakistan Foreign Office avoided the question why Pakistan did not congratulate Narendra Modi or BJP.
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