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National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders gathered at Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi's residence in Delhi on Sunday for a meeting ahead of the oath-taking ceremony for his third term as Prime Minister.
Newly-elected members of Parliament who are likely to be included in the new Union Cabinet were invited for a high tea before the ceremony, which will be held at 7.15 pm.
The meeting was attended by prominent BJP leaders such as Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nitin Gadkari, Piyush Goyal, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Nirmala Sitharaman and Mansukh Mandaviya.
Other leaders present included JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Giriraj Singh, Hardeep Singh Puri, Manohar Lal Khattar, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Kamaljeet Sehrawat, Raksha Khadse, George Kurian, Ravneet Singh Bittu, G Kishan Reddy, Bandi Sanjay Kumar, CR Patil, Jayant Chaudhary, Lallan Singh, Jitan Ram Manjhi, Ramdas Athawale and Prataprao Jadhav.
NDA allies such as TDP's Ram Mohan Naidu and Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani, JD(U)'s Lalan Singh and Ram Nath Thakur, Chirag Paswan, Jitan Ram Manjhi and Jayant Chaudhary are also being considered for ministerial posts.
Narendra Modi is set to take oath as the Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive term at 7:15 pm on Sunday. His party, the BJP, won 240 seats in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, while the NDA as a whole won over 290 seats, crossing the halfway mark needed to form the government.