It is learnt that India has already sent invites to Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and some other leaders of the countries chosen to grace the ceremony.
The swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Council of Ministers following the General Elections 2024 will be held today (09 June 2024). On the occasion, leaders from India’s neighbourhood and Indian Ocean region have been cordially invited as distinguished guests.
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Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony LIVE UPDATES: Along with Modi, senior BJP leaders Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari and Amit Shah also took oath as cabinet ministers, while party president JP Nadda returned to the cabinet after 5 years, indicating Prime Minister's focus on continuity and experience.
According to a press release by the Rashtrapati Bhawan, incumbent BJP chief Amit Shah has been allocated the Ministry of Home Affairs and Nirmala Sithraman has been announced as the new finance minister of India. PM Modi has kept as many as four portfolios with himself:
Besides 25 Cabinet ministers including Modi, Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Nitin Gadkari, Smriti Irani, Piyush Goyal and Jaishankar, nine were sworn in as Ministers of State with Independent charge and another 24 as Ministers of State.
"The BJP has already made it very clear that it would take care of the Sabarimala issue. Therefore I need not say anything about it. Let's just wait for a while," said the 60-year-old Rajya Sabha member from Maharashtra.
Along with PM Modi, his Council of Ministers -- including Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Anurag Thakur, S Jaishankar, Babul Supriyo and Piyush Goyal among others -- also took the oath at the Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi.
After spectacular performance for a second term, all eyes are now on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony which is expected to be a grand event. Several world leaders could be invited for the oath-taking, making it an even bigger than 2014 when heads of governments of SAARC countries were invited.
New Delhi: An expenditure of at least Rs 17.60 lakh was incurred on the oath-taking ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan, an RTI reply has found.Prime Minister Narendra Modi
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