New Delhi: India is more likely to invite leaders of various its neighbouring nations, together with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, to the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the weekend, folks conversant in the matter stated on Wednesday. Modi is all set to take cost because the prime minister for a historic third consecutive time period with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) profitable 293 seats within the Lok Sabha polls.
The folks cited above stated prime leaders of Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal and Mauritius are more likely to be among the many overseas leaders to be invited for Modi’s oath-taking ceremony. The media division of Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe’s workplace stated Modi invited him to the swearing-in ceremony. It stated Wickremesinghe accepted the invite.
It stated Wickremesinghe congratulated Modi on the electoral victory in a telephone name. “During the conversation, Prime Minister @narendramodi invited President Wickremesinghe to his swearing-in ceremony, which President @RW_UNP accepted,” it stated.
Modi additionally had a telephone dialog with Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. In the telephone dialog, Modi invited Hasina to attend his swearing-in ceremony and she or he accepted it, diplomatic sources stated.Â
The folks cited above stated 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.
Modi had a separate telephone conversations with Prachanda. The formal invites are set to be despatched on Thursday, stated one of many folks cited above. The leaders of regional grouping SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) nations attended Modi’s first swearing-in ceremony when he took the reins because the prime minister after a large electoral victory for the BJP.
Leaders of the BIMSTEC nations attended Modi’s swearing-in ceremony in 2019 when he turned prime minister for the second consecutive time period. Modi is more likely to take oath on June 8. Though the BJP couldn’t get a majority by itself within the polls, the party-led alliance secured 293 seats out of 543.Â