Narendra Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will be sworn in as Prime Minister at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday evening, but the names of other ministers expected to take oath of office with him remained unknown on Sunday.

Modi will take the oath in the presence of nearly 3,000 guests, including leaders from neighbouring nations such as Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa.

President Pranab Mukherjee will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Modi and his council of ministers in the presence of outgoing prime minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi, besides chief ministers of a number of states, including Tamil Nadu’s J. Jayalalithaa.

Modi, 63, who led his party and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to victory in the 2014 Lok Sabha election, met with ally N. Chandrababu Naidu of the Telugu Desam Party to discuss the formation of government. BJP president Rajnath Singh met party leaders who included former army chief V.K. Singh, Rajiv Pratap Rudy, Ananth Kumar and Jagdish Mukhi.

No names of probable ministers were disclosed on Sunday. It is expected that a list will be provided to the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Monday morning.

The BJP has won 282 seats in the Lok Sabha, the first time any single party has won a majority in the Lower House of Parliament in three decades. The NDA has won a total of 336 seats in the 545-seat House.

Meanwhile, a 14-member Pakistani delegation arrived in India on Sunday. Sharif will arrive in New Delhi on Monday. As a goodwill gesture, Sharif on Sunday ordered the release of 151 Indian fishermen and 57 boats a day ahead of his visit. Rajapaksa too ordered the release of all Indian fishermen in Sri Lankan custody as a goodwill gesture.

Leaders of the Shiv Sena, a key constituent of the NDA, said they will attend the ceremony despite registering a protest over inviting the Pakistani Prime Minister to India.

Mukherjee will host a dinner for the leaders of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation nations and their representatives who have been invited for the swearing-in ceremony.

Besides Sharif and Rajapaksa, Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai, Bhutan’s Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, Nepal’s Prime Minister Sushil Koirala and Maldivian President Abdulla Yameen Abdul Gayoom are expected to attend the event.

Speaker Shirin Chaudhury will represent Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina as she will be travelling to Japan. Mauritian Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam will also attend the ceremony.

There was no information about any members of the prime minister-designate’s family attending the function, said Omita Paul, press secretary to Mukherjee.

After the swearing-in, refreshments will be provided to visitors where six snacks, including dhokla, a Gujarati snack, will be served.

Asked whether dhokla was being served keeping in mind that the new Prime Minister is from Gujarat, Paul, said, “No, no, it is a voluntary action."

Mint’s Makarand Gadgil in Mumbai contributed to this story.

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