Gandapur, who did not attend the oath-taking ceremony of his province's governor, said the federal government based on "Form 47" results and its "illegally" notified governor held no importance for him.
President Asif Ali Zardari has officiated the oath-taking ceremony for a 19-member cabinet, a proposal put forth earlier on Monday by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
Soon after resigning from the Chief Minister's post, Janata Dal-United Chief Nitish Kumar left for Raj Bhavan in Bihar with BJP leaders. The oath-taking ceremony is scheduled at the Governor's House at 5 pm today.
Boycotting the oath-taking ceremony of AIMIM MLA Akbaruddin Owaisi as the Pro-tem Speaker of Telangana Assembly, the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday accused the Congress government of 'neglecting' the senior candidates for the post and of defying the existing tradition of the House.
The oath taking ceremony of the 56-year-old Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president is scheduled to be held this afternoon at the Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium here.
India has received an invitation for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Maldives president-elect Mohamed Muizzu, the Ministry of External Affairs said on Thursday.