ELECTION RESULTS LIVE UPDATES: Modi to be Sworn-in as PM at 7:15pm on June
Election Results LIVE Updates: The newly elected MPs of the BJP-led NDA met today and elected Narendra Modi as their leader (prime minister), paving the way for him to take oath as prime minister for a third consecutive term. After being elected as leader of NDA alliance, Narendra Modi met veteran BJP leaders Lal Krishna Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi at their respective residences. Modi also met ex-President Ram Nath Kovind.
Later in the day, Narendra Modi met the President to present her the list of MPs supporting him and stake claim to form the government.
Senior BJP leaders, including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and J P Nadda, have also been holding deliberations with allies to work out an amicable formula for their share of representation in the new government, which will critically depend on them for survival.
Lok Sabha elections 2024 results:
A simple majority of 272 seats is required to form the government. According to the Election Commission of India, the BJP won 240 seats, significantly lower than its 2019 tally of 303. The Congress made substantial gains, winning 99 seats. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured 293 seats, while the INDIA bloc crossed the 230 mark, posing stiff competition and defying predictions.
TITLE: “I Will Be With PM Modi Always”: Nitish Kumar Takes A Jibe At INDIA Bloc
Nitish Kumar on Friday completed the formality of endorsing Narendra Modi for Prime Minister – for a third term – at a meeting of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance’s newly-elected MPs.
The Bihar Chief Minister – who underlined his ‘paltu Kumar’ sobriquet in January when he pivoted from the INDIA opposition bloc he helped create to the BJP’s side – also took a jibe at his former allies, stating the group “has not done any work for the country”. The JDU boss also declared “I will be with PM at all times” – a response to critics expecting a sixth political U-turn in a decade.
Nitish Kumar’s claim of support for Mr Modi was also an answer to speculation the INDIA bloc – which defied exit polls to slash the BJP’s advantage and win 232 seats – had reached out to him.
