India also invited to Donald Trump's swearing-in ceremony, External Affairs Minister Jaishankar will attend

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar had made a special statement on Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election, which was much discussed. In fact, Jaishankar had said that after the presidential election, many countries were nervous about America, but India was not among those countries. Jaishankar said at an event, 'I think Prime Minister Modi was also included in the first three phone calls made to President Trump.

The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled to take place on January 20, which will be about two weeks after Trump's victory in the US presidential election.

Earlier, on January 6, the victory of Trump in the election was certified before his swearing-in as no MP raised any objection when the number of states was announced in the House. Donald Trump won 312 electoral votes while Kamala Harris got 226 votes. The vote totals were confirmed during certification on Monday, which was the final step in the election process before Trump returns to the White House on January 20.

When Kamala Harris announced Trump's win, Republican lawmakers in the chamber stood up and applauded, The Hill reported. After Harris announced the dissolution of the joint session of Congress, both parties that were present in the House chamber stood up and applauded.