NDA Govt Formation: With Modi Set To Take Form Govt For Third Term, Here's Full Text Of The Two Oaths

The NDA did manage to cross the majority mark in the Lok Sabha polls, but the BJP fell short of the magic number and managed to secure 240 seats.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Source : PTI

PM Modi Oath Taking Ceremony: After the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA bloc bagged 293 seats and crossed the majority mark of 272 seats in the Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to take the oath on June 8. 

The NDA did manage to cross the majority mark in the polls, but the BJP fell short of the magic number and managed to secure 240 seats.

During the oath-taking ceremony, the Prime Minister will take the oaths of office and secrecy at the forecourt in Rashtrapati Bhawan. President Droupadi Murmu will administer the oaths of office and secrecy. 

Full Text Of Oath Of Office For Minister For Union

Full Text Of Oath Of Secrecy

India is likely to invite leaders of a number of its neighbouring countries, including Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, to PM Modi's swearing-in ceremony over the weekend, PTI reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Narendra Modi is all set to take charge as the prime minister for a historic third consecutive term after the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won 293 seats in the Lok Sabha elections.

According to PTI, the people cited above stated that the top leaders of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, and Mauritius are likely to be among the foreign leaders invited to Modi's oath-taking ceremony.

The media division of Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe's office said Modi invited him to the swearing-in ceremony. It said Wickremesinghe accepted the invitation. It stated that Wickremesinghe congratulated Modi on the electoral victory in a phone call. "During the conversation, Prime Minister @narendramodi invited President Wickremesinghe to his swearing-in ceremony, which President @RW_UNP accepted," it said.

The Prime Minister also had a phone conversation with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In the phone conversation, Modi invited Hasina to attend his swearing-in ceremony, and she accepted it, PTI reported, citing diplomatic sources.

According to the people cited above, Nepalese Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda', Bhutanese Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, and Prime Minister of Mauritius Pravind Jugnauth are set to be invited to Modi's swearing-in ceremony. PM Modi had separate phone conversations with Prachanda.