Hindustan Surkhiyan Desk: Ahead of being sworn in as the prime minister for the second consecutive term, Narendra Modi on Thursday morning paid tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and veteran BJP leader Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
He also placed a wreath at the National War Memorial here.
Modi visited the Rajghat, the memorial of Mahatma Gandhi, at around 7 am. Later, he went to Sadaiv Atal, the lotus-shaped memorial of late Vajpayee.
Modi and his council of ministers will take oath at the Rashtrapati Bhawan at 7 pm on Thursday.