Narendra Modi will be inaugurated for an unprecedented third term as Prime Minister following the BJP-led NDA coalition's victory in the Lok Sabha election on Tuesday.
New
Delhi: Sources revealed
on Friday that sanitation workers, transgenders, and laborers who contributed
to the Central Vista Project will be among the special guests at Prime Minister
Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony this weekend. Additionally, railway
employees working on Vande Bharat and Metro trains, along with beneficiaries of
central government schemes, are invited as "Viksit Bharat ambassadors"
to the event at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday evening.
Arrangements
are being made for over 8,000 guests at Rashtrapati Bhavan, sources reported.
PM
Modi's Oath Ceremony on Sunday
Narendra
Modi will be inaugurated for an unprecedented third term as Prime Minister
after the BJP-led NDA coalition triumphed in the Lok Sabha election on Tuesday.
The BJP and its allies officially selected the 73-year-old Modi as their leader
during a key meeting in Delhi following the election results. Various South Asian
leaders, including Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Sri Lankan
President Ranil Wickremesinghe, have confirmed their attendance. Invitations
have also been extended to Nepal's Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal
'Prachanda', Bhutan's Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, and Mauritius's Prime
Minister Pravind Jugnauth.
In 2014, leaders of the SAARC countries attended PM Modi's first swearing-in ceremony, and in 2019, leaders of the BIMSTEC countries were present.
PM Modi is
the second Indian leader to secure a third consecutive term, following the
country's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru. In the 2024 Lok Sabha
elections, the BJP's seats decreased from 303 in 2019 to 240. The BJP-led NDA,
which had won 352 seats in 2019, now holds 293, still above the majority mark
of 272.
PM Modi and
the BJP are counting on their allies to form the government, with the Telugu
Desam Party led by Chandrababu Naidu securing 16 seats, and Nitish Kumar's
Janata Dal United winning 12 seats.