Special invitees construction workers wait for swearing-in

Twenty-eight years old Angad Kumar Paswan is still in disbelief that he has been invited to the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi and the new cabinet of ministers at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday evening.

His joy has kept him awake for the past two nights. "I am still not able to believe that I would be witnessing the grand oath taking ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan," Paswan, a native of Garhwa District in Jharkhand, said as he held the invitation card close to his chest like a prized possession.

Paswan is among the nearly 90 construction workers working on the Central Vista redevelopment project who would be special invitees for the Modi 3.0 swearing-in ceremony. Besides, 30 sanitation workers from MCD and some government hospitals also have been invited.

All of them gathered at the residence of the former Union Minister Mansukh Mandaviya for high tea before the ceremony.

The workers said they were touched by the gesture.