Narendra Modi to take guard for fourth innings today

“If any newly elected MLA here believes that he won because of Narendra Modi then he is mistaken,” Modi told the legislators one day before his swearing in ceremony. “This win is not because of Modi’s magic, but the result of hard work by the entire party.” Leader of the opposition in the Rajya Sabha Arun Jaitley, who was the specially appointed observer for the constitutional process, was also present at the function at the Gandhinagar town hall.

“Each and every party worker has dedicatedly worked, not only for elections but consistently through the last many years to develop trust with the people which has brought us this win,” Modi added.

Chief ministers of at least seven different states are expected to attend the grand swearing in at the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad on Wednesday. Among them are J Jayalalitha of Tamil Nadu, Parkash Singh Badal of Punjab, Manohar Parrikar of Goa, Jagadish Shettar of Karnataka, Shivraj Singh Chauhan of Madhya Pradesh, Raman Singh of Chhattisgarh and Arjun Munda of Jharkhand. Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray will also attend the ceremony.