Click to play videoNew Delhi: It is time for Modi’s crowning glory after the landslide victory in assembly elections. Narendra Modi will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Gujarat on Tuesday.
Governor Naval Kishore Sharma will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Modi at 1250 IST at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Gandhinagar.
Top BJP leaders, LK Advani, Rajnath Singh and Chief Ministers of NDA-ruled states will attend the grand swearing-in ceremony at the Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahmedabad this afternoon.
Senior NDA leaders George Fernandes, Murli Manohar Joshi, Sushma Swaraj, Venkaiah Naidu, Arun Jaitley and Jaya Jaitley will also attend the ceremony. AIADMK chief J Jayalalithaa is also expected to attend the function. Modi will be heading the fourth successive BJP government in the state.
There is more celebration on the cards as veteran leader Atal Behari Vajpayee turns 84 today. The BJP has said Narendra Modi's swearing in as Gujarat Chief Minister is the best birthday gift for Vajpayee on his birthday.
Modi will take oath as Chief Minister for the third time on a day when Vajpayee will celebrate his 84th birthday.
"The best birthday gift for Vajpayeeji is that Narendra Modi is being sworn in for the third time and BJP is getting a fourth term in Gujarat," party spokersperson Prakash Javadekar said.
Ironically, Vajpayee had once admonished Modi over the post-Godhra riots and advised him to follow 'raj dharma' (good governance).
Significantly, Vajpayee, who is not keeping good health, had maintained a silence over Gujarat elections, issuing no appeal to voters for the first phase of polling on December 11.
When questions were raised over his silence regarding Gujarat after he issued an appeal for Himachal Pradesh, he released a message seeking votes for Modi-led BJP on the penultimate day of polling for the second phase on December 16.
Senior leader L K Advani, who left for Gandhinagar for witnessing the swearing in of Modi, called on Vajpayee today to greet him on his birthday. Jaswant Singh also drove to Vajpayee's residence to wish him.
With Agency inputs
(For updates you can share with your friends, follow IBNLive on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Pinterest)
More on IBNLive Right Now
TOP NEWS
MOST SHARED
PHOTOGALLERY
