 Narendra Modi takes the oath of office as the Prime Minister of India, with President Ram Nath Kovind administering the oath. | |
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| Date | May 30, 2019; 6 years ago (2019-05-30) |
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| Location | Rashtrapati Bhavan,New Delhi, India 28°36′51″N77°11′56″E / 28.6143°N 77.199°E /28.6143; 77.199 |
| Participants | Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi Second Modi ministry Assuming office President of India,Ram Nath KovindAdministering oath |
I, (name), do swear in the name of God (or, solemnly affirm) that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of India as by law established, that I will uphold the sovereignty and integrity of India, that I will faithfully and conscientiously discharge my duties as a Prime Minister for the Union and that I will do right to all manner of people in accordance with the Constitution and the law, without fear or favour, afection or ill-will.
I, (name), do swear in the name of God (or, solemnly affirm) that I will not directly or indirectly communicate or reveal to any person or persons any matter which shall be brought under my consideration, or shall become known to me as a Prime Minister for the Union, except as may be required for the due discharge of my duties as Prime Minister.
Narendra Modi, parliamentary leader of theBharatiya Janata Party, started his tenure after his oath of office as the 16thPrime Minister of India on 30 May 2019. Severalother ministers were also sworn in along with Modi. The ceremony was noted by media for being the first ever oath of office of an Indian Prime Minister to have been attended by the heads of allBIMSTEC countries.
After thedeclaration of election results in May 2019, Modi met thePresident of IndiaRam Nath Kovind in May where Kovind invited Modi to form the next government. The BJP had won 303 seats and their allianceNational Democratic Alliance won a total of 353 seats in the 543-seatLok Sabha, the strongest mandate since the1984 elections whereIndian National Congress had won. The BJP then announced that Modi would be sworn in on 30 May 2019 at 7 p.m. For the first time in India, a non-Congress government was re-elected.
Along withMauritius andKyrgyzstan, all the countries inBIMSTEC were invited distinct from invitation to SAARC countries infirst ceremony.[1] Over 8,000 Indian and international guests including various politicians, diplomats, government officials, constitutional authorities andheads of the states were invited.[2]
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Eight foreign leaders attended Prime Minister Modi's oath of office ceremony.
Bangladesh -Abdul Hamid, President of Bangladesh attended the ceremony on behalf of Prime MinisterSheikh Hasina and reiterated the importance of strengthening bilateral ties.[3]
Bhutan - Prime MinisterLotay Tshering attended the ceremony on behalf of Bhutan.[4]
Kyrgyzstan - PresidentSooronbay Jeenbekov as representative and guest fromKyrgyz Republic. The leader reiterated his invitation to Modi forSCO summit which is due to be held in Kyrgyzstan.[5]
Mauritius - Prime MinisterPravind Jugnauth as the guest from Mauritius.[6]
Myanmar - Myanmar PresidentWin Myint attended the ceremony on behalf of state counsellorAung San Suu Kyi who was on her visit to Europe. Raveesh Kumar, spokesperson of Indian external ministry described Myanmar as a "pillar" of India'sAct East policy.[7]
Nepal - Prime MinisterKP Sharma Oli attended ceremony. Oli conveyed invitation extended by PresidentBidya Devi Bhandari to Indian PresidentRam Nath Kovind.[8]
Sri Lanka - Sri Lankan PresidentMaithripala Sirisena attended the ceremony and invited Narendra Modi to visit Sri Lanka in June. Visit is scheduled between June 7 and 9.[9]
Thailand - Special envoy Grisada Boonrach attended the ceremony as representative and guest from Thailand.[10]Chief Ministers of all the Indian states were listed among invitees. However,Navin Patnaik, Chief Minister ofOdisha,Bhupesh Baghel, Chief Minister ofChhattisgarh andJagan Mohan Reddy, Chief Minister ofAndhra Pradesh were unable to attend ceremony.Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister ofWest Bengal rejected the invitation.[11] Besides that, various opposition leaders includingRahul Gandhi,Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Ministers were invited. A number of Indian businessmen, sportsmen and film artists also made it into the list of guests invited.
Families of BJP workers who were left dead in violence byTMC inWest Bengal were also invited to the ceremony. Many religious leaders belonging to all major religions were also invited.
Pakistan -Imran Khan, Prime Minister of Pakistan congratulated Narendra Modi just afterexit polls. Pakistani Foreign MinisterShah Mehmood Qureshi and various Pakistani media outlets accused Modi of pursuing anti Pakistan policy for political gains for not inviting Pakistani head of the state to ceremony.[12]
United Arab Emirates - TheAbu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) marked the occasion by lighting up theADNOC Headquarters inAbu Dhabi with the colors of the Indian and UAE flags and portraits of Narendra Modi and Abu Dhabi Crown PrinceMohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.[13][14][15][16]
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