Nepal PM, Sri Lankan president to arrive on June 9 for PM Modi's swearing-in

Nepal Prime Minister Pushpa Kamal Dahal and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe will arrive in the national capital on June 9 to attend the ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra ModiNepals PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal confirmed his visit following a telephonic conversation with PM Modi on Wednesday evening during which PM Modi extended an invitation to his Nepali counterpart for the ceremonyThe Nepali Prime Minister in turn confirmed his attendance with a formal announcement expected soonDuring Wednesday evenings telephonic conversation between two leaders the invitation was extended to the Nepali PM for attendance in the swearingin ceremony The Nepali Prime Minister also confirmed the attendance A formal announcement will be made soon the senior official told ANI seeking anonymityThis development comes after PM Dahal commonly known as Prachanda extended his congratulations to PM Modi on Tuesday for the electoral success of the Bharatiya Janata Party BJPled National Democratic Alliance NDA in the recent Lok Sabha elections marking their third consecutive termPrachanda also commended the enthusiastic participation of the Indian electorate hailing the completion of the worlds largest democratic exerciseOn the same day Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe also accepted PM Modis invitation to attend his swearingin ceremonySri Lankan President Wickremesinghe congratulated PM Modi on the BJPled NDAs electoral victory over a phone callDuring his conversation PM Modi invited President Wickremesinghe to his oath ceremony which the Sri Lankan president acceptedMeanwhile Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka on June 8 to attend the swearingin ceremony of PM ModiPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina will leave Dhaka for Delhi at 11 am on Saturday June 8 and will return home at noon on June 10 after attending the swearingin ceremony of PM Narendra Modi due to the change in the oathtaking ceremony dates said Bangladesh PMs Speech Writer M Nazrul IslamPM Modi will take the oath on June 9 after the BJPled NDA surpassed the majority mark winning 293 seats in the 18th Lok Sabha elections while the opposition INDIA bloc secured 234 seats Earlier the swearingin ceremony was scheduled to be held on June 8The counting of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections was held on Tuesday According to the Election Commission of India the BJP won 240 seats much lower than its 2019 tally of 303The main opposition Congress on the other hand registered a strong growth winning 99 seats against 52 in 2019This story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever