AHMEDABAD: Narendra Modi took oath as the chief minister of Gujarat for the fourth time at the Sardar Patel Stadium here on Wednesday.
Governor Kamala Beniwal administered the oath of office and secrecy to Modi.
BJP top brass including LK Advani, Nitin Gadkari, Arun Jaitley, Sushma Swaraj, Rajnath Singh, Venkaiah Naidu, Ananth Kumar, Ravi Shankar Prasad, Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan attended the swearing-in ceremony. Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhra Raje, Shahnawaz Hussain, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Anurag Thakur, Smriti Irani, Prakash Javadekar and Navjot Singh Sidhu were also present to witness Modi's crowning moment.
Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, Punjab CM Parkash Singh Badal, Maharashtra Navnirman Sena chief Raj Thackeray, Indian National Lok Dal leader Om Prakash Chautala and Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray also attended the ceremony.
A host of other non-political faces, including Bollywood actor Vivek Oberoi, his father Suresh Oberoi and actor Kirron Kher also attended the swearing-in ceremony.
Narendra Modi led the BJP to a comprehensive win in the assembly elections winning 115 of the 182 seats. The Congress emerged victorious in 61 seats. The Gujarat Parivartan Party (GPP) of former chief minister Keshubhai Patel could bag only two seats.
(With inputs from ANI)
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