(MENAFN- KNN India) PM to take oath on May 30
New Delhi, May 27 (KNN) Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who was re-elected with an impressive majority for a second term at the centre, will take oath at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Thursday.
The ceremony will take place at 7 pm, President Ram Nath Kovind has tweeted.
"President Ram Nath Kovind will administer the oath of office and Secrecy to the Prime Minister and other members of Union Council of Ministers on May 30 at 7 pm at Rashtrapati Bhavan," the communiqué issued by President's press secretary Ashok Malik said.
The President, exercising powers under the Constitution, appointed Modi to the office of Prime Minister of India and sought his advice about the names of others to be appointed members of the Union Council of Ministers and indicate the date and time of the swearing-in-ceremony to be held at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Narendra Modi was elected unanimously as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance on Saturday.
Later, he called on the President in his capacity as leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party, which has majority support in the House of the People following the general election to the 17th Lok Sabha.
Letters of support from NDA constituent parties were also handed over to the President.
The NDA together has strength of 353 MPs in the 543-member Lok Sabha out of which the BJP has a majority of 303 Members of Parliament.
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