According to reports, the meeting is likely to be at 10.15 pm. I would start the wheels turning for a recall before they even take the oath of office. Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will get to nominate a deputy chief minister and a Congress MLA will occupy the assembly Speaker’s position. RCP Singh , JDU MP, Rajya Sabha Sadanad Gowda, Bengaluru North MP “All is well in the family now,” said Hemant Takle, national secretary of the NCP. "Over 10,000 security personnel from Delhi Police and paramilitary forces have been deployed on account of the swearing-in-ceremony," the official said. The Bangalore North MP-elect Sadananda Gowda is also said to have received a call from Lok Kalyan Marg confirming his selection to the ministerial berth, News18 reports. According to reports, Modi will meet the new ministers at his residence at 4.30 pm today ahead of the swearing-in ceremony. Thackeray also invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi and spoke to him over the phone, said Sena leaders. Prakash Javadekar, Rajyasabha Although this year, Durga Puja is still a month away, eminent personalities have extended regards and greetings on Mahalaya via Twitter, Anupam Hazra, a former TMC MP who joined the BJP last year, made the comments at a party programme in Baruipur in South 24 Parganas on Sunday. The Bangalore North MP-elect Sadananda Gowda is also said to have received a call from Lok Kalyan Marg confirming his selection to the ministerial berth, News18 reports. Sharad Pawar’s Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) will get to nominate a deputy chief minister and a Congress MLA will occupy the assembly Speaker’s position, the newly formed three-party alliance, Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi, said on Wednesday as the state prepared for Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray’s swearing-in as chief minister. Smriti Irani Amethi MP I was the leader of NCP. I am happily distributing tea for free as today Modi is going to take the oath as the Prime Minister," Nand Lal Sunar, the tea seller told ANI. One of President's personal secretaries, most likely Rajeev Topno, will personally hand over the list to Kovind. The guest list includes heads of several neighbouring countries, chief ministers of most of the states and a few famous personalities of the entertainment world.

List of oath takers still not finalised, say sources. Future ministers' customary tea or breakfast or lunch has not been scheduled as yet either. At 5.47am on Saturday, President’s Rule was withdrawn, and a new government sworn in before 8am with Fadnavis as chief minister and Ajit Pawar as his deputy. The Sena geared up for Thursday’s swearing-in ceremony at Shivaji Park, where Thackeray’s father Bal Thackeray founded the party in 1966 and which has served as the venue for the party chief’s annual address.

Updated Date: Bhawan) which are expected to face congestion due to the ceremony, the traffic official added. He will attend PM Narendra Modi's oath ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan later today. While no details were available, the meetings are understood to be part of the process of finalising the government portfolios. So far, as the Opposition is concerned, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi are among other attendees.

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