Stuffed litchi, bajra khichdi, matka kulfi: Elaborate menu for NDA MPs at BJP chief JP Nadda's dinner

BJP leader JP Nadda

BJP President JP Nadda will host a dinner for newly-elected National Democratic Alliance MPs on Sunday after the swearing-in ceremony of the new NDA government led by Narendra Modi.

According to news agency ANI, the dinner will have an elaborate menu which will include dishes to help beat the scorching heat in the national capital. The agency said the menu includes dishes like jodhpuri sabzi, dal, dum biryani and five types of bread. There will be a Punjabi food counter. For those like having millets, there will be bajra khichdi. There will be five types of juices and shakes and three types of raita.

The menu for the dinner has some items specially relished in summer including juices and shakes, stuffed litchi, matka kulfi and mango cream and raita and there will be eight types of desserts, white rasmalai and four variety of ghewar.

There will be tea and coffee as well. Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi and the union council of ministers will take oath of office in a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan on Sunday evening.

Earlier in the day, ahead of his swearing-in ceremony, Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi, interacted with members of Parliament who are likely to be inducted into his Cabinet and Council of Ministers.

PM-designate hosted a customary high tea at his residence at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg in the national capital before the grand ceremony this evening.

After attending the tea meeting, former Haryana Chief Minister and Karnal MP Manohar Lal Khattar said to news agency ANI, "It is a tradition of Narendra Modi that he calls people to his residence for a tea meeting. He only calls those whom he wants to induct into his cabinet. Some formalities were to be done, which I have completed. He has asked for us to stay in Delhi for the next 24 hours. Apart from me from Haryana, Rao Inderjit Singh and Krishan Pal Gurjar were also present in the meeting."

Meanwhile,Narendra Modi is all set to take charge as the prime minister for a historic third consecutive term with the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) winning 293 seats in the Lok Sabha polls.