Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 9 (ANI): As Narendra Modi is set to take oath as Prime Minister of India for the third consecutive time on Sunday at 7:15 pm, his supporters offered prayers at a temple in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh.
They performed the Aarti and other rituals at the temple for the Prime Minister-designate. Some of them held posters depicting the picture of Narendra Modi while chanting hymns.
Meanwhile, PM designate Narendra Modi on Sunday morning visited the National War Memorial in the national capital. He was accompanied by Rajnath Singh, the Defence Minister in the outgoing cabinet.
The PM-designate along with CDS Gen Anil Chauhan, Army Chief Gen Manoj Pande, Indian Navy Chief Admiral Dinesh Tripathi, and VCAS Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh laid a wreath at the National War Memorial.
Earlier in the day, Modi offered tribute to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat.
Modi will be sworn in as the Prime Minister of the country for the third consecutive term today at 7:15 PM.
He is the only leader after former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to have been elected for a third consecutive term after completing the full tenure of each previous term.
Alongside Narendra Modi, members of his council of ministers will also take their oath on the same day.
Ahead of the evening ceremony, posters featuring the PM-designate have been put up in Delhi.
Around 1,100 traffic police personnel of the Delhi Police have been deployed and an advisory has been issued to the public for the traffic movement route arrangements have been made for the delegates as part of the arrangements for Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi's oath ceremony on Sunday.
Several leaders and State heads of neighbourhood region and Indian Ocean region have been invited for PM Modi's swearing-in ceremony as distinguished guests, a testament to India's 'Neighbourhood First' policy. (ANI)
