“None of us (family members) are going to attend the swearing-in ceremony. We have decided to watch him (Narendra Modi) taking oath as prime minister on TV,” Modi's younger brother Prahlad Modi told PTI.
A tea vendor, Kiran Mahida, who proposed Narendra Modi's name when the latter filed his nomination papers from Vadodara Lok Sabha seat, is likely to attend the swearing-in ceremony.
Apart from Mahida, a member of Vadodara's royal family Shubhanginidevi Raje-Gaekwad, who had also signed Narendra Modi's nomination papers as a proposer, is expected to attend the ceremony.
The swearing-in ceremony of the 15th Prime Minister of India would be attended by nearly 3,000 guests, including top leaders from SAARC countries like Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
President Pranab Mukherjee would administer the oath of office and secrecy to the 63-year-old Modi and his council of ministers, in the presence of a host of leaders, including outgoing prime minister Manmohan Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi, besides leaders of various other parties and chief ministers.
Besides Sharif and Rajapaksa, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom will be among foreign dignitaries attending the swearing-in ceremony.
