Swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi election results on 16 May 2014, Modi met the President of India Pranab Mukherjee on 20 May where Mukherjee invited Modi to form the next government. The BJP had won 282 seats and their alliance National Democratic Alliance won a total of 336 seats in the 543-seat Lok Sabha, the strongest mandate since the 1984 elections where Indian National Congress had won. The BJP then announced that Modi will be sworn in on 26 May 2014 at 6 p.m. IST. The swearing-in ceremony was held at the forecourts of the Rashtrapati Bhavan in Delhi which has been used as the
Sushma Swaraj's tenure as External Affairs Minister Her remark was highlighted in "Daily Mail" and other media outlets in UK although her foreign secretary tried to cover it up later by saying "It's for Scotland to decide". Sushma Swaraj's tenure as External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj is the serving Indian External Affairs Minister under Prime Minister Narendra Modi from May 2014, responsible for implementing the foreign policy of Narendra Modi. She is only the second women to hold this position after Indira Gandhi. Swaraj, a lawyer by profession and a seasoned parliamentarian with many 'first-timer' records in her name often considered to be among the best spoken