When is Narendra Modi sworn?

After leading his party to a categorical victory in the 2019 elections in Lok Sabha, Narendra Modi will be sworn in as Prime Minister of India on Thursday, May 30, paving the way for a second consecutive term of office of the NDA in power led by the BJP. On Saturday, President Ram Nath Kovind appointed Modi to the post of prime minister after the NDA deputies elected him unanimously to the post of leader of the BJP parliamentary party.

When will Modi take the oath as Prime Minister?

Narendra Modi will be sworn in as Indian Prime Minister on May 30 at 7 pm (IST). The ceremony will be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. President Ram Nath Kovind will swear in the Prime Minister and other members of the Union Council of the 17th Lok Sabha in accordance with the oath. Yesterday, the president appointed Modi Prime Minister after being unanimously elected leader of the NDA by the newly elected deputies of the alliance led by the BJP.

This is Modi's second term as prime minister after a historic victory for the BJP, which has pbaded alone the majority in this year's parliamentary elections, winning 303 seats out of 542.

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NDA leaders greet Prime Minister Narendra Modi at Saturday's meeting. (Express Photo by Renuka Puri)

Who will take an oath with Modi?

Along with Narendra Modi, the Cabinet will take an oath Thursday to form the 17th Lok Sabha. For now, it is unclear who will form the cabinet of the Union. The speculations are that new faces will appear in the cabinet.

It is unclear whether Sushma Swaraj will continue to be the Minister of External Affairs. Swaraj did not contest the elections this time. For her to be inducted into the government, she will have to be a member of Rajya Sabha. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley should also suspend his boots because of health problems.

In the pre-election budget, Rajya Sabha MPP Piyush Goyal replaced Jaitley as acting Finance Minister when he went to seek treatment in the United States.

Who will be present at Modi's swearing-in ceremony?

NDA leaders should be present at Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony. The combined alliance has a strength of 353 deputies in an badembly of 543 members of which the BJP has a majority of 303 members of Parliament.

NDA leaders, including SAD leader Prakash Singh Badal, JD (U) leader, Nitish Kumar, LJP leader Ram Vilas Paswan, Shiv Sena leader, Uddhav Thakeray, president of the LDA Association, K Palaniswami, of NPP Conrad Sangma, will likely be present.

Are foreign leaders invited to Modi's swearing-in ceremony?

It is uncertain that foreign leaders will be invited to Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony. In 2014, SAARC Heads of State and Government, including then Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa, and Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were invited. to the swearing in of Modi as Prime Minister.

Earlier in the day, Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan called his Indian counterpart and congratulated him for the BJP's brilliant victory in the Lok Sabha elections. Relations between the two nuclear-armed nations have failed since the terrorist attack in Pulwama and subsequent air strikes in Balakot.

What happens after Modi is sworn in as Prime Minister?

While Narendra Modi takes office as prime minister and the council of ministers of the Union under oath on Thursday, the 17th Lok Sabha will set in motion. The new government has 542 deputies out of a total of 543 (the EC has canceled the poll in the Vellore constituency as a result of a cash grab).

As the country's next prime minister, Narendra Modi is expected to visit the Maldives early next month, on his first bilateral visit.

Bhutan was the first country Modi visited in 2014 after becoming prime minister. According to diplomatic sources, the prime minister is expected to visit Malé in the first half of June, while the Maldivian media have announced that the visit will take place from 7 to 8 June.