Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Rahul Gandhi and United Progressive Alliance chairperson and senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi on Thursday, party leaders said.
A senior Congress leader told IANS: "Rahulji and Soniaji will attend the ceremony."
Manmohan Singh will also attend the ceremony, the party leader said, adding that senior party leader Anand Sharma will also be present.
General Elections 2019: Shatrughan Sinha recently severed his ties with the BJP and joined the Congress which has fielded him from the same seat.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit Varanasi on April 2 and 26 to file his nomination.
India carried out the air strike to avenge the Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed.
Pakistan on Thursday accused India of delaying the delegation-level talks to finalise the agreement to operationalise the Kartarpur corridor.
Months after Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat promised to allow women to be recruited as ‘jawans’–called other ranks in military parlance--in select non-combat streams, the process starts from Thursday.
AAP rebel MLA and Punjab Ekta Party leader Sukhpal Khaira on Thursday resigned from the state Assembly.