These Bollywood stars will attend Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony
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Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi would be taking oath for his second term as PM on Thursday evening.
The swearing-in ceremony would be held in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi and would be attended by around 8,000 guests, including foreign dignitaries, political leaders, and even Bollywood celebrities.
Without further adieu, here are all the Bollywood stars attending the ceremony.
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SRK, Kangana, Karan Johar among invitees
Among the guest list, some of the biggest names from Bollywood include actors Shah Rukh Khan, Kangana Ranaut (a huge Modi supporter), Anil Kapoor, and filmmakers Karan Johar, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Aanand L Rai, Madhur Bhandarkar.
President of Producers Guild of India Siddharth Roy Kapoor, and president of Indian Film & TV Director's Association Ashoke Pandit, another Modi supporter, would also be in attendance.
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Anupam Kher, Vivek Oberoi to also attend ceremony
Additionally, actors Anupam Kher, husband of BJP MP from Chandigarh Kirron Kher, and Vivek Oberoi, who portrayed the PM in the recent biopic PM Narendra Modi are also attending the swearing-in ceremony on Thursday, joined by the film's producer Sandip Ssingh.
Foreign dignitaries
These are the foreign dignitaries attending Modi's swearing-in
Meanwhile, leaders of BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) countries arrived in the national capital ahead of the swearing-in ceremony.
According to MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar, other foreign dignitaries invited include Bangladesh President Abdul Hamid, Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, and Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli, President of Myanmar U Win Myint, and Bhutan Prime Minister Lotay Tshering.
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