Thackrey invites Modi, Sonia & Manmohan for swearing-in |
After the storm, comes the calm as two days after the Supreme Court judgement ruling to hold a floor test for the BJP government, the swearing-in of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray is to be held on Thursday evening. Uddhav Thackeray himself invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the ceremony. Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray and party secretary Milind Narwekar flew to New Delhi on Wednesday to invite Congress president Sonia Gandhi and former PM Manmohan Singh for the swearing-in ceremony of Uddhav Thackeray at Shivaji Park on Thursday. Sena leaders said an invitation has also been extended to Rahul Gandhi. This will be a historic event for the Thackerays as this is the first time that a member of the family, Uddhav, will be sworn in as CM. Sena hopes to make it a grand event by also inviting CMs of a few other states, leading politicians, 40,000 special invitees and 700 farmers. Sena leaders said Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath and his Chhattisgarh counterpart Bhupesh Baghel have confirmed their participation in the ceremony. West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal, Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, ex-UP CM Akhilesh Singh and DMK chief M K Stalin, too, have been invited. The celebrity guest list also includes Mukesh Ambani and Ratan Tata, and actors Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Akshay Kumar and Salman Khan.
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