Full-strength ministerial team to take oath with Modi, likely on Sunday

NEW DELHI: A full-strength team comprising all NDA partners will take oath along with Narendra Modi at the swearing-in ceremony that is now likely to be held on Sunday evening in the presence of leaders of South Asia countries.
Sources said the share of allies in the govt will be finalised in consultations which are likely to start in earnest after Modi is elected leader of the NDA parliamentary party on Friday afternoon.

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However, sources close to BJP as well as the two most significant allies — TDP and JD(U) — said no discussion on portfolios and size of their share had taken place yet. “It is going to be the prime minister's call,” a BJP source said.
Meanwhile, official sources said Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu had accepted India’s invite to attend the