- The swearing in ceremony will be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan today at 7 pm.
- Modi and his cabinet of ministers will take oath administered by President Ramnath Kovind.
- Modi is a master communicator and the timing of the oath taking ensures that the nation's attention is on entirely on him.
The oath taking ceremony will be held at 7 pm on Thursday (May 30), ensuring that all the attention of prime time television viewers are solely on him. He gave over an hour long victory speech, again on prime time, after the election results were declared on May 23.
Run up to the event
Modi has kickstarted his oath-taking day, early this morning by saluting his heroes. He paid a tribute at the National War Memorial in the morning.
Modi, who won a second consecutive term with a thumping majority, also paid tribute to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s prominent former Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee. This charismatic former Prime Minister was instrumental in creating the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in 1998.
Modi who hails from Gandhinagar which was also home to the father of the nation, Mahatma Gandhi, also visited Rajghat today to pay homage.
The newly elected PM’s oath taking ceremony promises to be interesting as 8,000 guests from within and outside the country are expected to pour in for the event. It is being touted as the biggest ever event that takes place at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The event also promises to be star-studded as many Bollywood celebrities including Vivek Oberoi who played the role of Modi, in a now-released movie ‘Modi’, are expected to attend the event. Invites have also gone in for BIMSTEC leaders—which includes Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal and Bhutan.
However, it is now known that leaders from Kyrgyzstan and Mauritius will be attending the event.
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