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Shashi Tharoor on not getting invited to Modi’s swearing-in ceremony: ‘Will watch India-Pakistan match…’

Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor is likely to be watching an India-Pakistan cricket match as Narendra Modi takes oath for a record third term. The newly re-elected lawmaker told reporters that he had not been invited to the swearing-in ceremony slated to take place on Sunday. Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi is set to take the oath at 7:15 pm.

“I have not been invited to the swearing-in, so I’ll be watching the (India vs Pakistan) match,” he told ANI after the Congress parliamentary party meeting here on Saturday. 

India and Pakistan are set to play a World Cup T-20 match in the United States on June 9 at around 8 PM IST.

(With inputs from agencies)

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Published: 08 Jun 2024, 10:10 PM IST

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