Prime Minister Narendra Modi and all newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party's members of Parliament will visit Atal Samadhi Sthal on Thursday morning to pay respect to the former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Modi and 303 BJP Lok Sabha MPs are expected to visit Atal Samadhi Sthal at 7 am on Thursday, according to News18.
Meanwhile, the preparations for PM Modi's swearing-in ceremony are in full swing, with a record number of close to 6,500 guests expected to attend. In 2014, the guest list included approximately 5,000 people, the news channel added.
The swearing-in ceremony will take place in Rashtrapati Bhawan Forecourt, like in 2014. This would be the fourth time a prime minister would take oath at the forecourt instead of the Durbar Hall, which can only accommodate a far smaller gathering of about 500.
Late PM Chandra Shekhar was the first prime minister to be administered the oath of office in the forecourt in 1990. Subsequently, Atal Bihari Vajpayee also took oath here in 1998.
Modi was sworn in as PM in May 2014 at the forecourt with heads of state from the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) nations in attendance.
Besides leaders from Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) countries and a host of celebrities and politicians, 54 special guests would be attending the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Council of Ministers on Thursday.
The Prime Minister has specially invited family members of BJP workers who were killed in incidents of political violence in West Bengal over the past few years, a senior BJP leader said.
The BJP won 303 seats on its own in the Lok Sabha elections, and the party's performance in West Bengal was spectacular as it took its tally to 18 from two in 2014.
During the elections, Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah repeatedly highlighted the issue of political violence against their party members.
Leaders from Bimstec countries as well as Kyrgyz President Sooronbay Jeenbekov and Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth have confirmed their participation at Thursday's event.
With inputs from agencies
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