Narendra Modi's Oath Taking Ceremony Monday May 26,2014

Soon after being elected BJP Parliamentary Party leader, Narendra Modi has invited all the SAARC leaders to attend the ceremony.

• Sri Lankan President President Mahinda Rajapaksa
• Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai
• Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay
• Nepal Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and
•  Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom 

have already confirmed that they will attend the ceremony.


Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Indian Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi on May 26 at Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. "The Pakistan Prime Minister will be visiting India for the swearing-in ceremony," confirmed PML(N) spokesperson Tariq Azim.
Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson in India Syed Akbaruddin, too, said that they had got a confirmation from Pakistan on the Prime Minister's visit.
The PML(N) spokesperson denied that there were any differences between the civilian government and the Pakistani Army over his visit. "Consultation took place with the Army but there was no dissent between them and the authorities. All required parties were consulted and it was a general consensus that the should attend the event," Tariq Azim said.

Trinamool Congress(TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee has decided to send state Finance Minister Amit Mitra and party general secretary Mukul Roy to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister on May 26,2014

Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi has invited the heads of the governments of all South Asian states to attend his swearing-in on Monday, in a gesture, which diplomats and experts said was without precedent.

Though foreign envoys stationed in New Delhi have attended past swearings-in, Ministry of External Affairs sources said, no world leader has been invited to attend what has traditionally been seen as a domestic event.

Foreign Secretary Sujatha Singh, the Ministry of External Affairs said, despatched formal invitations on May 21,2014 Wednesday afternoon to the Presidents or Prime Ministers of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Hamid Karzai, Afghanistan’s President, has accepted the invitation but there was no immediate word on which other leaders would attend

Parliament Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury will represent Bangladesh at the swearing in ceremony of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi on May 26,2014

This is also the first time that the heads of state or government of eight countries, including the seven Saarc states, will witness the oath-taking ceremony of an Indian prime minister.

The rarity of the occasion will be further expanded as President Pranab Mukherjee will host a dinner for the foreign leaders soon after administering the oath to Modi and his Council of Ministers.

Before moving into the grey dining hall, the visiting foreign dignitaries will use the opulent guest wing of the President’s House to get ready for the last event. 

For the first time, the Rashtrapati Bhavan will host a record 4,000 guests

It will be the third time that a swearing-in ceremony will be held in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan. The earlier two occasions were in 1990 when Chandra Shekhar was sworn in and 1998, when Atal Bihari Vajpayee took oath. All other swearing-in ceremonies have either been held in Durbar Hall or Ashok Hall

The biggest swearing-in ceremony so far was that of Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1998, which was also held in the forecourt, breaking away from the tradition of hosting such events in either the Durbar Hall or Ashok Hall.

Around 1,200 guests attended Vajpayee’s oath-taking ceremony. 

Massive security apparatus is in place for the grand swearing-in ceremony of PM-elect Narendra Modi.

Security forces comprising teams of the National Security Guard (NSG), the Delhi Police, the Special Protection Group (SPG), the Indian Air Force and paramilitary forces will provide a four-layer security cover for the event.

International leaders attending the ceremony

• Nawaz Sharif: Pakistan Prime Minister
• Mahinda Rajapaksa: Sri Lanka President
• Hamid Karzai: Afghanistan President
• Abdulla Yameen: Maldives President
• Tshering Tobgay: Bhutan Prime Minister
• Sushil Koirala: Nepal Prime Minister
• Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury: Bangladesh Parliament Speaker 
• Navinchandra Ramgoolam: Mauritius Prime Minister 

Indian leaders attending the ceremony

• Manmohan Singh: Outgoing Prime Minister
• Sonia Gandhi: Congress President
• Rahul Gandhi: Congress Vice President
• Jeetan Ram Manjhi: Bihar Chief Minister
• Anandiben Patel: Gujarat Chief Minister
• Shivraj Singh Chouhan: Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister
• Raman Singh: Chhattisgarh chief Minister
• Vasundhara Raje: Rajasthan Chief Minister
• Hemant Soren: Jharkhand Chief Minister
• Pradip Amat: Odisha Finance Minister
• Amit Mitra: West Bengal Finance Minister
• Sharad Pawar: Outgoing Agriculture Minister and NCP chief
• Uddhav Thackeray: Shiv Sena chief
• N Chandrababu Naidu: Telugu Desam Party chief
• HD Deve Gowda: Janata Dal Secular chief
• K Chandrasekhar Rao: Telangana Rashtra Samiti chief
• All 21 Gujarat ministers will attend the ceremony

Indian leaders not attending the ceremony

 

• J Jayalalithaa: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
• Mamata Banerjee: West Bengal Chief Minister
• K Siddaramaiah: Karnataka Chief Minister
• Oommen Chandy: Kerala Chief Minister
• Naveen Patnaik: Odisha Chief Minister