Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who won a second straight term in office following a stunning victory in the Lok Sabha election, and his Council of Ministers will take oath on Thursday at 1900 hrs.
President Ram Nath Kovind would administer the oath of office and secrecy to the prime minister and his cabinet colleagues, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement on Sunday. The ceremony will take place at 7 pm.
Modi had met President Kovind and staked a claim to form a government last evening.
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance had won a resounding majority in the Lok Sabha elections on Thursday, securing 352 seats in the 545-member lower house of parliament.
President Kovind on Saturday had dissolved the 16th Lok Sabha with immediate effect as Modi was unanimously elected as the Leader of the BJP parliamentary party and the National Democratic Alliance.
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