Narendra Damodardas Modi takes oath for the third consecutive term as the PM

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Modi becomes only the second prime minister to be elected to three consecutive terms.

President Droupadi Murmu greets PM-designate Narendra Modi on his arrival to take oath for the third consecutive term, at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.

The country’s first post-independence leader, Jawaharlal Nehru, ruled India for 17 years following its 1947 independence from Britain.

Foreign dignitaries at the Rashtrapati Bhavan ahead of the oath-taking ceremony of PM-designate Narendra Modi for the 3rd consecutive term, in New Delhi.

NSA Ajit Doval, Principal Secretary to PM PK Mishra (L) ahead of the oath-taking ceremony of PM-designate Narendra Modi for the 3rd consecutive term, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi

BJP MP Amit Shah takes oath as minister at the swearing-in ceremony of the new Union government at Rashtrapati Bhavan, in New Delhi.