INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
ceremony on Sunday.The Indian foreign ministry said that leaders from Sri Lanka, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan and other neighbouring
Bangladesh prime minister Sheikh Hasina, Maldives president Mohamed Muizzu, prime minister of Mauritius Pravind Kumar Jugnauth and of Nepal
Pushpa Kamal Dahal will mark the event with their presence.Prime minister of Bhutan, Tshering Tobgay, and vice president of Seychelles,
272 needed, in a stunning outcome.However, the BJP-led coalition, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), won the election with 293 seats.Mr
Modi was elected as the leader of the coalition after securing the support of the alliance partners.Opposition INDIA alliance led by the
Congress party put up a stronger-than-expected fight, doubling its strength from the last election to win 232 seats
palace, or Rashtrapati Bhavan, the Times of India reported
It will begin at 6pm on Sunday as the capital remains on high alert with section 144 imposed to restrict gathering of people.Members from
SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation) nations have been invited to the event.The leaders will also participate in a
(special weapons and tactics) team and National Security Guard commandos, have been deployed across the city while multi-layered security
has been deployed around the presidential palace.Other special guests at the event will be labourers who were involved in the Central Vista
redevelopment project and rat-hole miners who assisted in rescuing 41 trapped construction workers from a tunnel in Uttarakhand last
year.One of the most significant foreign visits would be of Maldivian president Mr Muizzu
dropped sharply on Tuesday to close down more than 5 per cent as early vote figures trickled in.Source: The Independent--Agencies
