Despite invitations, No high profile international leader to attend PM Modi part taking ceremony
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NEW DELHI - Despite invitations, No high profile international leader to attend PM Modi part taking ceremony, it has been revealed.
The oath-taking ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his new council of ministers will be held on Thursday at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.
The swearing-in ceremony will begin at 7 pm on Thursday. The leaders from BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) countries - Bangladesh, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Nepal and Bhutan - are on Prime Minister's guest list and so are Kyrgyzstan President Sooronbay Jeenbekov, Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth.
External Affairs Ministry spokesperson Raveesh Kumar on Tuesday said that the ceremony will be attended by Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid, Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena, Myanmar President U Win Myint, Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli and Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering.
Thailand will be represented by its Special Envoy Grisada Boonrach while Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will be absent from the ceremony due to prior commitments.
