New Delhi buzzed with anticipation on Sunday leading up to Narendra Modi’s much-anticipated swearing-in ceremony. Among the pre-ceremony rituals, some of the newly elected Members of Parliament (MPs) gathered at the residence of the Prime Minister-elect for a tea break.
The purpose of the meeting was to finalise the list of ministers who would join Modi’s Council and subsequently take their oaths at Rashtrapati Bhavan later in the day. Among the prominent figures expected to be inducted into the Council are seasoned leaders like Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal, Rajnath Singh, Jyotiraditya Scindia, and JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy.
Here’s a glimpse of the tentative list of MPs poised to take oath of office:
- Amit Shah
- S Jaishankar
- Nitin Gadkari
- Rajnath Singh
- Piyush Goyal
- Jyotiraditya Scindia
- Kiren Rijiju
- HD Kumaraswamy
- Chirag Paswan
- Ram Nath Thakur
- Jitan Ram Manji
- Jayant Chaudhary
- Anupriya Patel
- Rammohan Naidu
- Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani
- Pratap Rao Jadhav (SS)
- Sarbanand Sonowal
- JP Nadda
- Srinivas Varma
- Ravneet Singh Bittu
According to ANI, political heavyweights who attended the tea party at 7 LKM included Amit Shah, JP Nadda, BL Verma, Pankaj Chaudhary, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Annapurna Devi, and Arjun Ram Meghwal.
The gathering saw the presence of prominent leaders like Jyotiraditya Scindia, Manohar Lal Khattar, Raksha Khadse, Nityanand Rai, Harsh Malhotra Bhagirath Choudhary, and JDS leader HD Kumaraswamy, Kiren Rijiju, Jitin Prasada, and Ravneet Singh Bitt, Rao Inderjit Singh, Ajay Tamta, Jitan Ram Manjhi, and Chirag Paswan, who joined the discussions ahead of the historic event.
As the nation eagerly awaited the unfolding of these political maneuvers, all eyes have remained fixed on the oath-taking ceremony, poised to mark the beginning of a new chapter in India’s political landscape.
