Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi will be administered oath of office for his second term along with his new council of ministers on May 30, the President’s Office said Sunday.
President Ram Nath Kovind will administer the oath of office and secrecy to the Prime Minister-elect and other members of the Union Council of Ministers at a ceremony in RashtrapatiBhavan on Thursday at 7 pm, an official communique said.
Modi is the first BJP leader who has been elected for thesecond time after completion of his five-year tenure, a feat so far achievedonly by two Congress leaders Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi.
From BJP, Atal Bihari Vajpayee was also elected as a prime minister for two consecutive terms, but his first stint had lasted only for one year and seven months.
“The President (Ram Nath Kovind) will administer the Oath of Office and Secrecy to the Prime Minister and other members of Union Council of Ministers on 30.05.2019 at 07.00 pm at RashtrapatiBhavan,” the communiuqe issued by President’s press secretary Ashok Malik said.
Names of the ministers who would join Modi in his secondinnings is yet to be disclosed, though there has been speculation about somenew members expected to join the council, including from states like WestBengal that played a key role in the BJP’s massive victory in the just-heldLokSabha elections.
It was also not immediately clear whether the ceremony willbe attended by some world leaders. Modi had stunned everyone during 2014swearing-in when he had called SAARC leaders, including the then Prime Ministerof Pakistan Nawaz Sharif.
The 2014 swearing-in was held at the forecourt ofRashtrapatiBhavan with around 2,000 people including foreign dignitariesinvited for Modi’s oath ceremony, which was administered by the then PresidentPranab Mukherjee.Several global leaders, including Pakistan PrimeMinister Imran Khan, US President Donald Trump, Chinese President Xi Jinpingand Russian President Vladimir Putin have congratulated Modi on his resoundingvictory.