From the massive Guest list to the delectable fare from the Rashtrapati Bhawan's kitchens, here's all you need to know ahead of PM Modi's oath-taking ceremony

Post thumping victory of BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha elections, PM Narendra Modi along with his council of ministers will take his oath-of-office in a grand swearing-in ceremony on Thursday, May 30, 2019. Here is everything you need to kw about glittering ceremony: 

Venue:

event will take place at Rashtrapati Bhavan at 7 pm. oath-taking ceremony will be ministered by President Ram Nath Kovind.   ceremony will be hosted in forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan. Durbar Hall at Rashtrapati Bhavan is usually swearing-in venue. Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Chandrashekhar are only Prime Ministers, apart from Narendra Modi, who were sworn-in at forecourt.

(Photo: rashtrapatisachivalaya.gov.in)

International Guest List:

From political leers to sportspersons and film stars, a record 8,000+ guests are likely to attend swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi. Leers of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Ecomic Cooperation) comprises Banglesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal and Bhutan, have been invited for swearing-in ceremony. 

Following overseas leer have confirmed ir participation at swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister: 

• Md Abdul Hamid, President of Banglesh
• Maithripala Sirisena, President of Sri Lanka
• U Win Myint, President of Myanmar
• Hourable Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, Prime Minister of Mauritius
• Rt Hon K P Sharma Oli, Prime Minister of Nepal
• Dr Lotay Tshering, Prime Minister of Bhutan
• Grisa Boonrach, Special Envoy of Thailand
• Sooronbay Jeenbekov, President of  Kyrgyz

Indian Political Leers: 

All prominent opposition leers, chief ministers, and goverrs are invited for swearing-in ceremony. Invitations to all major regional and national political parties of country have been sent. list includes: 

• Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal
• Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao
• Andhra Presh CM-designate YS Jagan Mohan Reddy
• Congress President Rahul Gandhi
• JD(S) leer and Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy
• S leer Prakash Singh Bal
• JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar
• LJP leer Ram Vilas Paswan
• Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray
• AIMK’s K Palaniswami
• NPP’s Conr Sangma
• MNM chief Kamal Haasan
• Rajnikanth

Special Guests: 

Besides politicians and celebrities, event will be attended by 70 special guests. se guests are family members of BJP workers who lost ir lives in incidents of political violence in West Bengal over past few years, a senior BJP leer informed.

Likely to skip

Trinamool Congress Chief and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is likely to skip ceremony because of reports that claim to kill 54 BJP workers due to political violence. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will t attend event. According to Chief Minister’s Office, body from Kerala government including Chief Minister will be present in ceremony on Thursday. According to PTI, Banglesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who is on a three-nation foreign visit will miss event.

Menu:

Rashtrapati Bhavan will serve a light dinner for visiting dignitaries besides high tea after 7 pm ceremony, according to reports. While high tea will serve vegetarian fare ranging from samosas to Rajbhog and lemon tarts,  dinner will include both vegetarian and n-vegetarian fare.

President’s kitchen has taken into consideration that many visiting dignitaries are from countries to India’s east whose cuisine is usually t very rich or heavy, and timing of event will make it rar a late meal for m when compared to ir local time.

signature ‘Dal Raisina’, which will highlight of dinner, is alrey being cooked. cooking of his specialty of Rashtrapati Bhavan takes 48 hours and process started on Tuesday night.

Government offices around Rashtrapati Bhavan to remain shut:

In view of swearing-in ceremony, government offices located near Rashtrapati Bhavan would remain closed on Thursday. While offices located in rth Block, South Block, Rail Bhawan, Vayu Bhawan, Sena Bhawan, DRDO and Hutments would be closed at 2 pm on May 30.

Who attended PM Modi’s swearing-in ceremony in 2014?

In 2014, swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi was attended by SAARC leers, n Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, and Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapaksa. event was attended by 2,000 or people.

(With inputs from ncies)