{"id":30027,"date":"2014-05-26T15:50:36","date_gmt":"2014-05-26T19:50:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=30027"},"modified":"2014-05-26T15:51:50","modified_gmt":"2014-05-26T19:51:50","slug":"narendra-modi-sworn-in-as-indias-15th-prime-minister-heads-bjp-led-45-member-coalition-govt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dbsjeyaraj.com\/dbsj\/?p=30027","title":{"rendered":"Narendra Modi Sworn in as India’s 15th Prime Minister Heading BJP Led 45 Member Coalition Govt"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nMarking the beginning of a new era in Indian politics, Narendra Modi was today sworn in Prime Minister at the head of a 45\u2014member coalition government after the elections that saw the BJP gain absolute majority in 30 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n

63\u2014year\u2014old Modi, the first leader to get a landslide victory for the BJP, became the 15th Prime Minister in a virtual \u2018coronation\u2019 ceremony in the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhawan before a 3000-strong gathering, the largest audience at the swearing in a of new government.<\/p>\n

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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.<\/p>\n

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 today.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Vice President Hamid Ansari, outgoing Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, his ministerial colleagues P Chidambaram, Sharad Pawar, Praful Patel and Pallam Raju, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, senior BJP leaders L K Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi, outgoing Speaker Meira Kumar, former Presidents Abdul Kalam, Pratibha Patil were among those who attended the ceremony.<\/p>\n

Differences during elections melted away before protocol as opponents including Mulayam Singh Yadav, his son and UP Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, J and K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda were present at the ceremony.<\/p>\n

Top industry figures like Mukesh Ambani and his family, his brother Anil, Kumarmangalam Birla, Sashi Ruia, Gautam Adani and V N Dhoot, film stars Salman Khan along with his father Salim Khan, Vivek Oberoi, Dharmendra and Anupam Kher, lyricist Javed Akthar were present along with a clutch saffron\u2014robed seers including Pejawar Mutt chief Vishwendra Teertha Swamy. Cricketing great Sunil Gavaskar was also present.<\/p>\n

COURTESY:Press Trust of India.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Marking the beginning of a new era in Indian politics, Narendra Modi was today sworn in Prime Minister at the head of a 45\u2014member coalition government after the elections that saw the BJP gain absolute majority in 30 years. 63\u2014year\u2014old Modi, the first leader to get a landslide victory for the BJP, became the 15th …<\/p>\n

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