BJD has been in power in Odisha since 2000
Venugopal will meet Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy, CLP leader and Coordination Committee chief Siddaramaiah, Deputy Chief Minister G Parameshwara and Pradesh Congress chief Dinesh Gundu Rao.
It is the first time Patnaik has taken oath in an open public ground
The meeting will be chaired by PCC chief and Deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot
BJP circles feel Shah will be asked to move to the government as part of the plan to push for speedy implementation of Modi's ambitious agenda for his second term
Banerjee told reporters at the state secretariat that the invitation for the ceremony arrived on Tuesday and she will be attending it as "constitutional courtesy"
The prime ministers of Nepal, Mauritius and Bhutan as well as special envoy of Thailand have also conveyed to India about their participation at the event, the Ministry of External Affairs said
With these defections, TMC loses hold over two assembly constituencies and three municipal bodies in West Bengal
President Ram Nath Kovind will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Modi and other members of the Union Council of Ministers during a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan at 7 pm on Thursday
The BJP won all the seven seats in Delhi routing both the Congress and the AAP in the Lok Sabha polls
Sources said Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his deputy Sachin Pilot went to meet Gandhi at his Tughlaq lane residence, but they only managed to meet Priyanka there
Vijayvargiya and former TMC leader Mukul Roy are among the leaders who are considered to have played a key role in making the BJP a potent force in West Bengal
The NCP-Congress combine bagged only five of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra where the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena alliance's tally stood at an impressive 41
Gandhi had cancelled all meetings on Monday and had become incommunicado
Chirag Paswan said it was Modi's prerogative to decide who will be the ministers in his government
Mukherjee was conferred with the Bharat Ratna on the recommendation of the Modi-led government in January
The party's chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala and general secretary K C Venugopal also met the party president at his Tughlaq Lane home
Acting Speaker Michael Lobo administered the oath to the MLAs--three from the BJP and one from the Congress
Out of the 67 MLAs, 49 of them having serious charges against them, such as kidnapping, murder and attempt-to-murder.
Modi's re-election put to rest any uncertainty about a diverse group of political parties coming to power at a time when growth is already slowing