Dr. Manmohan Singh
sworn in as PM
Vajpayee joins the club of former premiers who attended the function - IK Gujral, PV Narasimha Rao, VP Singh, Chandra Shekhar and HD Deve. Gowda Congress president Sonia Gandhi, who renounced the post of prime minister amid a shrill campaign against her foreign origin, also looked on, attired in a formal white sari with a black border. Sonia's children Rahul and Priyanka and her husband Robert Vadra also attended the ceremony.
Twenty-nine Cabinet and 38 ministers
of state finish taking oath
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