Marking the beginning of a new era in Indian politics, Narendra Modi on Monday was sworn in Prime Minister at the head of a 45-member coalition government after the elections threw the first government with absolute majority in 30 years.
Seconds after Narendra Modi was sworn-in as the 15th Prime Minister of the country, the PMO website was relaunched carrying his message, pictures and a promise of a 'glorious future'.
Celebrations broke out in the BJP headquarters here today after early trends in favour of the saffron party came in with the party leading in 215 seats out of trends available for 403 seats.
Modi has worked out a “smart governance” formula in which “top layers of government will be downsized and there would be expansion at the grassroots level,” said a release from Gujarat Bhavan, where Mr Modi has been holding a series of meetings with
Many from Ahmedabad took to the streets to celebrate with fire crackers and colours. Adopting the principle of “minimum government and maximum governance”, PM Narendra Modi spent the past four days finalising his dream team that would prove to be “
In Varanasi, BJP workers performed aarti at the Ganga to celebrate the swearing-in of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
PM Modi's supporters from all over the country joined in the celebrations in their own little way. While some chose to make rangolis others organised prayer services in honour of the new PM.
Dignitaries from politics, industry, cinema and religion, capped by leaders of SAARC nations including Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, watched Modi take the oath of office and secrecy in Hindi.
Ram Vilas Paswan (LJP), Harsimrat Kaur Badal (Akali Dal), Anant Geete (Shiv Sena) and Ashok Gajapathi Raju (TDP) were those from allied parties who took the oath on Monday.
Rajnath Singh, Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, M Venkaiah Naidu, Nitin Gadkari, Uma Bharti, Maneka Gandhi, Ananth Kumar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Smriti Irani and Harsh Vardhan were among those who were sworn in as Cabinet ministers.
India's prime minister designate Narendra Modi (Photo: DC archives)
PM Narendra Modi begins a new era in Indian politics