Arvind Kejriwal invites PM Narendra Modi to his oath-taking ceremony on Sunday

AAP leader
Arvind Kejriwal has invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi to his swearing-in
ceremony on Sunday at the Ramlila Grounds where the former will take oath as
Delhi chief minister for the third time.

Kejriwal’s
AAP stormed back to power beating BJP and winning 62 seats in the 70-member
Delhi assembly. The BJP increased its seats tally to eight, from three in 2015.
The Congress, however, once again drew a blank.

Wishing
Kejriwal on his Delhi success, the PM had tweeted: “Congratulations to AAP and
Shri @ArvindKejriwal Ji for the victory in the Delhi Assembly Elections.
Wishing them the very best in fulfilling the aspirations of the people of
Delhi.” The BJP ran a tough
campaign against Kejriwal with home minister Amit Shah fronting the rallies in
the absence of a chief ministerial face. In the run-up to the polls, Kejriwal
was even called a “terrorist” by a BJP leader.

Acknowledging
the wishes from the PM, Kejriwal tweeted back: “Thank u so much sir. I look
forward to working closely wid Centre to make our capital city into a truly
world class city.”

Earlier AAP
leader Gopal Rai said that the oath-taking ceremony of Kejriwal will be a Delhi
specific event.

“No chief
minister or political leader from other states will be invited for the ceremony
that is going to be specific to Delhi,” Rai said.

Kejriwal is
also likely to retain all the cabinet ministers who were part of his previous
government, senior leaders of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) confirmed on Wednesday.

The
swearing-in ceremony in 2015, when the AAP won 67 seats, was also held at the
Ramlila Maidan on February 14.