Rahul Gandhi, Sonia to attend PM Modi’s swearing-in ceremony

United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi and party leader Anand Sharma will attend the swearing in ceremony of Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi on Thursday

Congress President Rahul Gandhi and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi will attend the swearing-in of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday evening at Rashtrapati Bhavan, party sources said.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi with his mother and former United Progressive Alliance chairperson Sonia Gandhi (AFP file photo)

The two Congress leaders are among those invited by the prime minister to the ceremony.

They have accepted the invite, they said.

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