Kejriwal invites PM to his swearing-in

AAP invites PM for swearing-in

New Delhi: AAP convener Arvind Kejriwal has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his swearing-in ceremony in Delhi on February

16, senior party leader Gopal Rai said on Friday. Rai, the convener of AAP’s Delhi unit, said a letter was sent to the PM on Friday morning. However, the PM is travelling to Varanasi on Sunday to inaugurate over

30 projects.

Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his swearing-in ceremony on Sunday at the Ramlila Grounds where the former will take oath as Delhi Chief Minister for the third time. Preparations for the swearing-in ceremony are afoot at the historic Ramlila Maidan which served as the battleground for the 51-year-old bureaucrat-turned-politician during the Anna Hazare-led India Against Corruption movement.

The sprawling Ramlila Maidan, where socialist leader Jayaprakash Narayan had addressed a massive gathering during the “Total Revolution” movement in 1970s, has a capacity of about 1.25 lakh people. In 2013 after the AAP’s first poll victory, Kejriwal’s swearing-in ceremony was held at Ramlila Maidan. In

2015 too, his oath-taking ceremony had taken place at the same venue on Feb. 14.

Though an invitation has been sent to the Prime Minister, it is, however, not clear whether Modi would attend the swearing-in ceremony as he is travelling to his parliamentary constituency Varanasi on Sunday to inaugurate over

30 projects. Invitations for the swearing-in ceremony have also been sent to BJP’s newly elected eight legislators and the party’s seven sitting local MP’s.

In a near-repeat performance of 2015, the Kejriwalled AAP retained power with a scintillating win in the just-concluded Delhi Assembly polls, dealing a body blow to the main rival BJP and completely decimating the Congress in a keenly-watched battle.