Invite comes with 'dahi-cheeni'
The Free Press Journal|June 08, 2024
President Droupadi Murmu on Friday invited caretaker Prime Minister Narendra Modi to form the next government after the newly elected Lok Sabha MPs of the National Democratic Alliance elected him as their leader and senior alliance leaders submitted to her their letters of support.
GAURAV VIVEK BHATNAGAR
Invite comes with 'dahi-cheeni'

After receiving the invitation from the President to form the next government, the PM-designate, while speaking to the media in the forecourt of Rashtrapati Bhawan, said, "NDA will form a strong, stable and growth-oriented government."

In the 543-member Lok Sabha, the NDA parties had secured 293 seats of which 240 were bagged by the BJP. Modi will now take oath at 6 p.m. on Sunday.

Senior leader Rajnath Singh proposed Modi's name as the leader of BJP and NDA in the Lok Sabha. He lauded Modi for "expanding the BJP-led NDA" and insisted that the "alliance is not a compulsion but a commitment for the BJP".

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