India also invited to Donald Trump's swearing-in ceremony, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar will attend
Trump Swearing-In Ceremony: India has also received an invitation to Donald Trump's swearing-in ceremony. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit the US. Jaishankar will represent the Government of India at the swearing-in ceremony of President Donald Trump, elected as the 47th President. During this visit, Jaishankar can also hold a meeting with several elected ministers of Trump.
India has also been invited to the swearing-in ceremony of the newly elected US President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar will visit the US on invitation.
He will attend the swearing-in of Donald Trump, the 47th President, elected, as a representative of the Government of India. During his visit, the External Affairs Minister will also hold meetings with some other dignitaries visiting the US.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar may represent India at the sworn-in ceremony on January 20 of newly elected US President Donald Trump. Making this announcement the Ministry of External Affairs said on Sunday that Jaishankar will additionally hold meetings along with representatives while visiting Washington where the Trump government is to take over.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar had made a special statement on Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, which was much discussed. In fact, Jaishankar had said that after the presidential election, many countries were nervous about America, but India was not among those countries. Jaishankar said at an event, 'I think Prime Minister Modi was also included in the first three phone calls made to President Trump.
The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to take place on January 20, which will be about two weeks after Trump's victory in the US presidential election.
Earlier, on January 6, the victory of Trump in the election was certified before his swearing-in as no MP raised any objection when the number of states was announced in the House. Donald Trump won 312 electoral votes while Kamala Harris got 226 votes. The vote totals were confirmed during certification on Monday, which was the final step in the election process before Trump returns to the White House on January 20.
When Kamala Harris announced Trump's win, Republican lawmakers in the chamber stood up and applauded, The Hill reported. After Harris announced the dissolution of the joint session of Congress, both parties that were present in the House chamber stood up and applauded.
