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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 oath at 7:15 pm.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\u201cI 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.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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. The highly anticipated match will take place at the Nassau County International Cricket Stadium in New York.<\/p>\n
The Men in Blue are coming into this match after beating Ireland by 8 wickets. Meanwhile, Babar Azam-led Pakistan conceded a disappointing loss against the US in the super-over in their previous game of the marquee event.<\/p>\n
Leaders from seven neighbouring nations \u2014 including the Maldives \u2014 will attend the swearing-in ceremony on Sunday evening \u2014 lauded as a \u2018good tradition\u2019 by the Thiruvananthapuram lawmaker.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIndia has invited its neighboring countries except Pakistan, which is sending a signal. That’s a good tradition that was started in Prime Minister Modi’s swearing-in ceremony. But this time there’s one less. He has not invited Pakistan. So again, that also sends a signal,” Tharoor commented.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt’s good that at least the Maldives is at least making the effort to come here and speak. They have not been particularly friendly or receptive to our interests for some time now. This particular president is coming here for the first time. I am assuming that the visit will be taken advantage of for some meetings on the side as well,” he added.<\/p>\n
(With inputs from agencies)<\/i><\/p>\n
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