The swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi and his ministerial colleagues at the Rashtrapati Bhavan forecourt lawn on Sunday is expected to draw over 9,000 guests from various sectors. Sources cited by the Times of India reveal a comprehensive security arrangement, including the deployment of five companies of paramilitary personnel, NSG commandos, drones, and snipers. With dignitaries from SAARC nations invited, the national capital is on high alert.Top leaders from different countriesOfficials have outlined designated routes for dignitaries to traverse from their accommodations to the venue and back. Anticipated attendees include top leaders from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bhutan, Nepal, Mauritius, and Seychelles. Security measures along these routes will mirror those employed during last years G20 summit.Guests expected to joinMeanwhile, the newly elected MPs of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance are slated to convene on Friday to formally elect Narendra Modi as their leader. The extensive guest list for Modis oath-taking ceremony encompasses political figures from both the ruling coalition and the opposition, alongside representatives from the film and sports industries, as well as prominent industrialists and businessmen.Invitations have reportedly been extended to Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda, Bhutans counterpart Tshering Tobgay, and Mauritius PM Pravind Jugnauth.Special guests will includeIn a gesture of recognition, special guests will include sanitation workers, transgender individuals, and laborers involved in the Central Vista Project. Railway employees engaged in Vande Bharat and Metro train operations, along with beneficiaries of central schemes, have been invited as Viksit Bharat ambassadors. Notably, leaders of SAARC countries attended PM Modis first swearing-in ceremony in 2014, while in 2019, leaders from BIMSTEC nations graced the occasion.
