Modi To Take Oath As Prime Minister This Weekend, Invites India's Neighbourhood Allies For Swearing-In Ceremony

Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited the Prime Ministers of Nepal, Bangladesh and Mauritius, the President of Sri Lanka and the King of Bhutan for his swearing-in ceremony later this week, people familiar with the developments told CNN-News18 on Wednesday.

PM Modi invited Bangladesh counterpart Sheikh Hasina, Nepali counterpart Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth for the swearing in ceremony. Also invited are Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Druk Gyalpo Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck.

Earlier on Wednesday, PM Modi thanked each of the aforementioned leaders after they congratulated him on NDA’s electoral success in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.

In a series of tweets, he also said that he held a telephone call with the aforementioned leaders.

“I thank Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina for her warm wishes. India and Bangladesh share historic relations, which have seen unprecedented growth in the last decade. I look forward to working together to further strengthen our people-centric partnership,” PM Modi said in a post on social media site X.

He said he spoke to Bhutanese King, Sri Lanka President Ranil Wickremesinghe and Mauritian counterpart Pravind Kumar Jugnauth.

“Thank you, Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth, for your call and heartfelt wishes. I look forward to continued collaboration between our two countries to further strengthen the special India-Mauritius relationship in my third term,” he said.

“Happy to speak with PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal. Thanked him for his warm wishes. We reaffirmed our shared commitment to bolster the deep-rooted and multifaceted partnership between India and Nepal, and agreed to sustain the positive momentum in our relations,” he said in another post.

“I thank His Majesty the King of Bhutan for his call and warm wishes. Bhutan-Bharat partnership is unique and exemplary. I look forward to continuing working together and taking this extraordinary partnership to higher levels,” he said in a separate post.

Meanwhile, global leaders US President Joe Biden, Russian President Vladimir Putin, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, French President Emmanuel Macron, Nigerian President Bola Tinubu and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and dozens of other leaders congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on NDA’s electoral victory.