Narendra Modi Swearing-In Ceremony LIVE Updates
Narendra Modi was sworn in on Sunday evening for a rare third consecutive term as India’s Prime Minister, relying on his coalition partners after his party failed to win a parliamentary majority in a surprise outcome. Modi took the oath of office, administered by President Droupadi Murmu, at India’s presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
The 73-year-old popular but polarising leader is only the second Indian prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to retain power for a third five-year term.
His Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, which won by landslides in 2014 and 2019, failed to secure a majority to govern on its own in the latest national election. However, Modi's National Democratic Alliance coalition won enough seats to form a government, with him at the helm.
This is the first time the BJP under Modi has needed support from its regional allies to form a government after a decade of commanding the majority in Parliament.
Pabitra Margherita from Assam takes oath.
George Kurian, former vice-president of the Minority Commission takes oath
Bhupathi Raju Srinivasa Varma, Narasapuram Lok Sabha constituency. Harsh Malhotra was chosen to replace former India cricketer Gautam Gambhir from East Delhi when he was serving his second consecutive term as Delhi BJP general secretary. Nimuben Bambhaniya, Bhavnagar, Gujarat and from Pune - Murlidhar Kisan Mohol take oath.
Microsoft founder Bill Gates congratulates Narendra Modi on winning a third term as Prime Minister
Tokhan Sahu, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh takes oath
Savitri Thakur, from Dhar, Madhya Pradesh takes oath.
Sukanta Majumdar, from Balurghat, West Bengal takes oath. He is the BJP State president of West Bengal
Raksha Khadse a three-time BJP MP from Maharashtra's Raver takes oath. She is the daughter-in-law of senior NCP leader of Maharashtra Eknath Khadse.