8,000 guests attended the event on the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan; Ambani, Rajini, RaGa, Kangana among the guests

IN NEW DELHI A week after the colossal victory of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the elections of Lok Sabha his swearing-in ceremony today could be one of the most impressive that the country has ever known. Seen, with about 8,000 guests present on the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan, which is usually used for ceremonial receptions of visiting heads of state.

The heavyweights of the industry Mukesh Ambani, Ratan Tata the president of Tata Sons, N Chandrasekaran, and Anand Mahindra will likely attend the event, while the superstar Rajinikanth to the south, and the actor Kangana Ranaut – who celebrated the NDA's victory led by the BJP by posting a photo of his pakoras frying – confirmed his presence.

In the run-up to the elections in Lok Sabha, Modi tagged several Bollywood stars, including Aamir Khan and Salman Khan, urging them to ask citizens to vote. Many BJP leaders also visited personalities such as Lata Mangeshkar and Salim Khan as part of their NDA five-year awareness campaign.

Among the Bollywood celebrities likely to witness the swearing in, include filmmakers Karan Johar, Aanand Rai, Madhur Bhandarkar and Siddharth Roy Kapur, who is also president of the Producers Guild of India. Ashoke Pandit, president of the Indian Film & TV Directors' Association and vocal advocate of Modi, will be present alongside actors Anupam Kher and Vivek Oberoi, who played Modi in a biopic about the Prime Minister and producer of the movie Sandip Ssingh.

Among the big players in the industry, there is no indication whether RPG Group President Harsh Goenka and Godrej Group Chairman Adi Godrej will participate in the event as they are abroad. The people likely to be present at Rashtrapati Bhavan today are Vedanta Resources' president, Anil Agarwal, and his wife Kiran, head of Hindustan Zinc; Uday Kotak, MD of Kotak Mahindra Bank; Sajjan Jindal, President and CEO of JSW Group, and Adani Group President Gautam Adani.

According to sources in New Delhi, sports legends PT Usha, P Gopichand, Rahul Dravid and Anil Kumble, spinner Harbhajan Singh, big badminton Saina Nehwal, gymnast Dipa Karmakar, superstar Blywood, Shah Ruk and Filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali.

There was an absolute secret around the event all day Wednesday and all eyes will be on whoever will take the oath after Modi, as this person will actually become the number two of the government (in 2014, c & rsquo; Was Rajnath Singh).

According to sources in New Delhi, Rahul Gandhi and UPA President Sonia Gandhi, as well as former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, will witness the swearing-in. Mamata Banerjee, Prime Minister of West Bengal and Trinamool Congress Leader, announced that she was canceling her presence following the invitation of the BJP to the relatives of party workers alleged to have been murdered in political violence. in the state.

Leaders of BIMSTEC countries, including Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, Myanmar President UWin Myint and Prime Minister Bhutan, Lotay Tshering, have confirmed their presence. From Thailand, his special envoy, Grisada Boonrach, will represent the country.

The President of Kyrgyzstan and current President of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, Sooronbay Jeenbekov, and Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth have confirmed their participation.

Pakistan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Sheikh Hasina, will not be able to witness the swearing in of Modi because she is making an official tour to Japan. She could not attend Modi's swearing in 2014 for the same reason: at that time too, she was in Japan.
Entries: Avinash Lohana and Labonita Ghosh