Chennai: The swearing-in ceremony of J. Jayalalithaa on Monday as Tamil Nadu's Chief Minister for the sixth time is likely to bring together a constellation of stars of non-Congress political parties. Invitations are being sent to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, top BJP leaders and Chief Ministers of states ruled by parties other than the Congress.
Besides Mr Modi, the guest list is likely to include BJP president Amit Shah, finance minister Arun Jaitley, IT and communications minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and Chief Ministers Navin Patnaik of Orissa, N Chandrababu Naidu of Andhra Pradesh and Vasundhara Raje of Rajasthan, besides other prominent leaders.
As Gujarat CM, Mr Modi had attended the swearing-in ceremony of Ms Jayalalithaa in May 2011 while she reciprocated the gesture by participating in the ceremony in which he was sworn-in as Chief Minister of Gujarat for a third straight term in December 2012.
Sources in the BJP told Deccan Chronicle that Mr Modi and other senior leaders are expected to finalise their programmee once they get a formal invitation from AIADMK. Ms Jayalalithaa will be sworn in as Chief Minister on Monday at the Centenary Auditorium of the University of Madras, where she was sworn in last year.
