Modi’s Swearing-in: President arrives in New Delhi
A red carpet was rolled out to welcome President Abdul Hamid in New Delhi yesterday afternoon.
A VVIP flight of Biman Bangladesh Airlines, carrying the president and his entourage, landed at Indira Gandhi International Airport around 7:30pm (local time) yesterday.
The head of the state arrived in India on a three-day visit to join the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as prime minister of India for a second consecutive term.
On his arrival at the airport, the president was received by High Commissioner of Bangladesh to India Syed Moazzem Ali, Secretary of the Ministry of External Affairs of India TS Tirumurti, High Commissioner of India in Dhaka Riva Ganguly Das and other officials of the Indian High Commission in Bangladesh.
Earlier, the president left Hazrat Shahjalal International Airport for India by a VVIP flight (BG-1513) of Biman Bangladesh Airlines at 5:45pm.
Road Transport and Bridges Minister Obaidul Quader, the cabinet secretary, chiefs of the three services, the dean of the diplomatic corps, and top civil and military officials were present at the airport to see the president off.
The president’s wife Rashida Khanam and Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, among others, are accompanying Hamid.
During the three-day visit, Hamid will also pay a courtesy call on his Indian counterpart Ram Nath Kovind.
Kovind has appointed Narendra Modi as prime minister after the landslide victory of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in India’s recently concluded national election.
Modi was appointed as the PM for a second consecutive term, soon after the NDA leaders on Saturday elected Modi as their leader in parliament, according to official sources.
Hamid will return home on May 31.
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