New Delhi: He has been the man of the moment for several weeks now, blazing a relentless campaign trail that catapulted him to be the Prime Minister of India.
Narendra Modi took oath as India’s 15th Prime Minister today.
We bring you live updates from the unique ceremony that takes place in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Here are the highlights:
Narendra Modi swearing-in: Guests assemble at Rashtrapati Bhavan forecourt, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul in attendance
Arun Jaitley at President House forecourt to attend Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony
MM Joshi at Rashtrapati Bhawan forecourt to attend PM-designate Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony
Dr Manmohan Singh with wife Gursharan Kaur at President House to attend PM-designate Narendra Modi’s oath ceremony
Carrying message of peace, Pak PM Nawaz Sharif arrives at Rashtrapati Bhavan to participate in this mammoth democratic exercise
LK Advani at President House to attend Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony
PM-designate Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony : Guests at President House forecourt
PM-designate Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony: Rajnath Singh at President House
P Chidambaram at Rashtrapati Bhawan forecourt to attend PM-designate Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony
TDP Chief Chandrababu Naidu at President House forecourt to attend PM-designate Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony
Uddhav Thackeray & Aditya Thackeray at President House forecourt to attend PM-designate Narendra Modi’s oath ceremony
Mukesh Ambani & Nita Ambani at President House forecourt to attend PM-designate Narendra Modi’s oath ceremony
Amit Shah and Ram Madhav at President House forecourt to attend PM-designate Narendra Modi’s oath ceremony
Sharad Pawar & Praful Patel at President House forecourt to attend PM-designate Narendra Modi’s oath ceremony
Pakistan PM Nawaz Sharif greets APJ Abdul Kalam at PM-designate Narendra Modi’s oath ceremony
Bhutan’s PM Lyonchen Tshering Tobgay at President House to attend PM-designate Narendra Modi’s oath taking ceremony
SL President M. Rajapaksa at President House forecourt to attend PM-designate Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony
Maldives President Abdulla Yameen at President House to attend PM-designate Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony
Mauritius PM Navin Ramgoolam at President House to attend PM-designate Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony
Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai at President House to attend PM-designate Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony
Nation heads, industrialists, top leaders arrive at Rashtrapati Bhavan to attend Narendra Modi swearing-in
India’s next Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives at Rashtrapati Bhavan to be sworn in
President of India Pranab Mukherjee at Rashtrapati Bhavan to swear in Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi takes oath as India’s Prime Minister
President Pranab Mukherjee greets PM Narendra Modi after the latter takes oath
Rajnath Singh sworn in as Cabinet minister
BJP veteran Sushma Swaraj sworn in as Cabinet minister
Arun Jaitley takes oath as a Minister
Vankaiah Naidu sworn in as Cabinet minister. What can he get?
Nitin Gadkari takes oath as Cabinet minister
Sadananda Gowda takes oath as minister
Uma Bharti takes oath as minister, any guesses what portfolio she will get?
Najmah Heptullah takes oath as Cabinet minister
Gopinath Munde takes oath as Cabinet minister
Ram Vilas Paswan takes oath as Cabinet minister
Kalraj Mishra sworn in as minister
Delhi: Maneka Gandhi takes oath as a Minister
Ananth Kumar takes oath as a Minister
Ravi Shankar Prasad takes oath as a Minister
Ashok Gajapati Raju takes oath as minister
Anant Geete takes oath as a Minister
Harsimrat Kaur Badal takes oath as minister
Narendra Singh Tomar take oath as Modi’s minister
Jual Oram takes oath as Narendra Modi’s minister
Radhamohan Singh takes oath as Cabinet minister
Smriti Irani takes oath as Cabinet minister
Thawarchand Gehlot takes oath as Cabinet minister
Dr. Harsh Vardhan takes oath as a Minister
Minister of State, Independent Charge, V K Singh sworn in
Rao Inderjit Singh takes oath as Minister of State
The swearing-in of Narendra Modi was one of the biggest events hosted by Rashtrapati Bhawan as this ceremony crossed over 4,000 people on the guest list.
This is the first time such high profile leaders of the SAARC nations attended an Indian Prime Minister’s swearing-in ceremony. Guests included Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa among various others.
Sharif, who was accompanied by a delegation comprising his Advisor on National Security and Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz, Special Assistant Tariq Fatemi and Foreign Secretary Aizaz Chaudhry among others, arrived at the technical Air Force base in Palam.
Before his departure from Lahore, he sai: “Pakistan wants good relations with India and I am going to New Delhi with a message of peace”.
Adopting the principle of “minimum government and maximum governance”, PM Narendra Modi spent the past four days finalising his dream team that would prove to be “organic”, with fewer ministers.
Modi has worked out a “smart governance” formula in which “top layers of government will be downsized and there would be expansion at the grassroots level,” said a release from Gujarat Bhavan, where Mr Modi has been holding a series of meetings with the BJP top brass and NDA leaders.
