The first Parliament 2024 session will commence with the oath-taking

NEWS - The first session will commence with the oath-taking by the newly elected Members of the Parliament (MPS), they said. The MPs will elect a new Speaker for the Lok Sabha. The Session is likley to be short, maybe for a few days, they added.
Earlier, Narendra Modi was sworn in as prime minister on Sunday for a record-equalling third term, heading a 72-member Union Council of Ministers that put emphasis on continuity, youth and experience while also rewarding partners in the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government. Along with Modi, senior BJP leaders including Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Nirmala Sitharaman and S Jaishankar, all ministers in the Modi 2.0 cabinet, took oath as cabinet ministers at the Rashtrapati Bhavan.President Droupadi Murmu administered the oath of secrecy and office to Modi and 30 Cabinet ministers, five Ministers of State with Independent charge, and 36 Ministers of State. Portfolios of the new ministers were yet to be announced till late tonight.
There were bugles, ceremonial guards, flowers and all the trappings of a grand spectacle at the oath taking ceremony at the forecourt of the Rashtrapati Bhavan that lasted 155 minutes. Nearly 9,000 people from all walks of life were estimated to be present for the grand event that began at 7.15 pm.
"This team of ministers is a great blend of youth and experience; we will leave no stone unturned in improving people's lives," PM Modi posted on X shortly after the swearing-in ceremony.