Scenes from Rashtrapati Bhavan as PM Modi and Cabinet of ministers take oath

Narendra Modi was sworn-in as Prime Minister for a second five-year term Thursday evening. Ahead of the ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan, he paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi and Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and visited the National War Museum.

Updated: May 31, 2019 08:44 IST

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The forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan as PM Modi takes oath of office. (Express Photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi and members of his cabinet stand for national anthem during a swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi. (Source: REUTERS)

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Modi was sworn in along with a 57-member Council of Ministers that included his trusted lieutenant and BJP president Amit Shah and a surprise entrant, former Foreign Secretary S Jaishankar, as Cabinet ministers. (Express photo: Neeraj Priyadarshi)

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Smriti Irani and Ravi Shankar Prasad arrive at the swearing-in ceremony of PM Narendra Modi and his cabinet at the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan in New Delhi. (Express Photo by Neeraj Priyadarshi)

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President Ram Nath Kovind administers Narendra Modi's oath of office during a swearing-in ceremony at the presidential palace in New Delhi, India May 30, 2019. (Source: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi)

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BJP chief, Amit Shah, who steered the party to a grand victory in the Lok Sabha polls, has decided to join the new government. Shah, who contested and won from the Gandhinagar constituency in Gujarat. (Source: BJP/Twitter)

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President Ram Nath Kovind greets Amit Shah after his oath of office during a swearing-in ceremony at the presidential palace in New Delhi. (Source: REUTERS/Adnan Abidi)

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Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal along with Deputy CM Manish Sisodia. (Express photo: Neeraj Priyadarshi)

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JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar with Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Yadav at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Faced with the challenging task of satisfying all caste groups while nominating only one person from the party for a ministerial berth, the Janata Dal (United) has decided not to join the new Modi government. (Express photo: Renuka Puri)

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A veteran BJP warhorse, Rajnath Singh held the crucial Home Ministry in the previous Narendra Modi government. (Source: BJP/Twitter)

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Considered to be close to the RSS, Nitin Gadkari is the BJP MP from Nagpur. He was re-elected to the seat after defeating Congress’ Nana Patole in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. (Source: BJP/Twitter)

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Making his debut in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Ravi Shankar Prasad defeated former BJP leader and Congress candidate Shatrughan Sinha from Patna Sahib Lok Sabha seat in Bihar by a margin of over 2.84 lakh votes. (Source: BJP/Twitter)

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Smriti Irani, who served as the textile minister in the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government, fought the most fascinating elections in 2019. (Source: BJP/Twitter)

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Harsimrat Kaur Badal is the Union Cabinet Minister of Food Processing in the Government of India and member of parliament from Bathinda. (Source: BJP/Twitter)

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BJP ministers who are likely to take oath as the PM's cabinet take the dais. (Express photo: Neeraj Priyadarshi)

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This is the fourth time that a Prime Minister will be sworn-in at Rashtrapati Bhavan's forecourt. The preferred swearing-in venue usually is Ashoka Hall. The only two other Prime Ministers, who have been sworn-in with the grand Rashtrapati Bhavan edifice as a backdrop, are AB Vajpayee and Chandrashekhar. (Express photo: Abantika Ghosh)

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UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath reaches Rashtrapati Bhavan where PM Modi will be sworn for his second term as prime minister. (Express photo: Abantika Ghosh)

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Superstar Rajinikanth clicked at New Delhi airport on his way to attend Modi's oath-taking ceremony. (Photo: APH Images)

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Actor Jeetendra spotted at airport enroute to PM Modi's oath-taking ceremony. (Source: APH images)

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Ratan Tata spotted at airport enroute to PM Modi's oath-taking ceremony. (Source: APH images)

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Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar spotted at airport enroute to PM Modi's oath-taking ceremony. (Source: APH images)

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Sharing a photo of himself on social media, Salim Merchant wrote, "Off to Delhi to witness a special ceremony!" (Photo: Salim Merchant/Twitter)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat on Thursday morning, along with BJP president Amit Shah, senior party leaders and newly-elected BJP MPs. (Express Photo: Amit Mehra)

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Narendra Modi paid homage to Gandhi hours before his swearing-in ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan. (Express Photo: Amit Mehra)

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The oath-taking ceremony will be graced by 6,000 guests including leaders of BIMSTEC countries, the Kyrgyz Republic and Mauritius. (Express Photo: Amit Mehra)

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Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and Congress president Rahul Gandhi will also be present at Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony in New Delhi. (Express Photo: Amit Mehra)

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi also visited the memorial of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi. (Express Photo: Tashi Tobgyal)

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There too, he was joined by senior BJP leaders and newly-elected BJP MPs. (Express Photo: Tashi Tobgyal)

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Piyush Goyal, Suresh Prabhu, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Prakash Javadekar, Smriti Irani, Ram Vilas Paswan, Harsh Varshan were among the leaders present. (Express Photo: Tashi Tobgyal)

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Namita Bhattacharya, the daughter of the late Atal Bihari Vajpayee, speaks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the former prime minister's memorial in New Delhi on Thursday. (Express Photo: Tashi Tobgyal)