Narendra Modi sworn in for third consecutive term as India's Prime Minister

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the third Prime Minister since Jawaharlal Nehru and Atal Bihari Vajpayee to have a third term in the post

Narendra Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister for a third term on Sunday evening, marking a historic moment in Indian politics. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the presidential palace in New Delhi at 7.15 pm, attended by over 9,000 guests, including heads of state from neighbouring countries and the Indian Ocean region.

At 73, Narendra Modi becomes the third Prime Minister since Jawaharlal Nehru and Atal Bihari Vajpayee to have a third term in the post. India’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, won the post in the 1952, 1957 and 1962 General Elections.

President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of office in a grand ceremony in Rashtrapati Bhawan.

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Notable foreign leaders in attendance included Sri Lanka’s President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Maldives’ President Mohamed Muizzu, Seychelles’ Vice President Ahmed Afif, Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal ‘Prachanda’, and Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay.

Special invitees included workers who contributed to the construction of the New Parliament House and other key projects. Surekha Yadav, the first woman loco-pilot of the Vande Bharat Express, was among the 10 loco-pilots invited. Representatives of the transgender community and beneficiaries of various central government welfare schemes were also likely to attend.

Ahead of the ceremony, Modi visited Rajghat to pay homage to Mahatma Gandhi.

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Alongside the Prime Minister, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Dharmendra Pradhan, S Jaishankar, Piyush Goyal, Nitin Gadkari, Pralhad Joshi, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Giriraj Singh, Bhupender Yadav, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Mansukh Mandaviya, and Hardeep Singh Puri also took their oaths as Union Cabinet Ministers.

Former Chief Ministers including Shivraj Chauhan, Manohar Lal Khattar, and Jitan Ram Manjhi were also sworn in as Union Cabinet Ministers today. 

BJP leaders Dr Virendra Kumar, Sarbananda Sonowal, Jual Oram,  Annapurna Devi, Kiren Rijiju, C R Paatil, G Kishan Reddy, and BJP President J P Nadda also took their oath as Union Cabinet Ministers.

NDA coalition leaders including Janata Dal (Secular) Chief H D Kumaraswamy, Janata Dal (United) leader Rajiv Ranjan Singh "Lalan", Telugu Desam Party leader Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu,  Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) Chief Chirag Paswan, and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) Chief Jitan Ram Manjhi also took oath as Union Cabinet Ministers at the Rashtrapati Bhawan today.

Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Jayant Chaudhary, Shiv Sena leader Prataprao Jadhav, and Republican Party of India chief Ramdas Athawale took oath as Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), along with Udhampur MP Jitendra Singh, Bikaner MP Arjun Ram Meghwal,  Pilibhit MP Jitin Prasada, North Goa MP Shripad Yesso Naik, Maharajganj MP Pankaj Chaudhary, Faridabad MP Krishan Pal, JD(U) leader Ramnath Thakur, Ujiarpur MP Nityananad Rai, Apna Dal (S) leader Anupriya Patel, Tumakuru MP V Somanna, Rao Inderjit Singh, and TDP leader Dr Pemmasani Chandrasekhar.

Other leaders to take oath today as State Ministers included Jitin Prasad, Shripad Yesso Naik, Pankaj Chaudhary, Krishnapal Gurjar, Athawale Ramdas Bandu, Ramnath Thakur, Nityanand Rai, Anupriya Patel, V Somanna, Chandra S Pemmasani, S P Singh Baghel, Shobha Karandlaje, Kirtivardhan Singh, Banwari Lal Verma, Shantanu Thakur, Suresh Gopi, L Murugan, Ajay Tamta, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, Kamlesh Paswan, Bhagirath Chaudhary, Satish Chandra Dubey, Sanjay Seth, Ravneet Singh Bittu, and Durga Das Uikey.

Following the swearing-in ceremony, the leaders attended a banquet hosted by President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the same evening.