NDA Govt Formation LIVE — Cong To Convene CWC Meeting On June 8 To Discuss Lok Sabha Poll Result
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Addressing a press conference, BJP's Piyush Goel said, "Rahul Gandhi has still not overcome the loss in the Lok Sabha Elections. Now, he is conspiring to mislead the market investors. Today, India has become the fifth-largest economy..."
Congress convenes CWC meeting on June 8 to discuss Lok Sabha poll result: Party.
The Congress is contemplating making Rahul Gandhi the leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and taking command of the party, ABP News sources said. Soon there will be a meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party in which the leader of the Congress in the Lok Sabha will be decided. Congress MP Manickam Tagore has openly demanded to make Rahul Gandhi the leader of the opposition.
Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal to attend the swearing-in ceremony of Indian PM Narendra Modi, ANI reported, citing sources. “Invitation was extended to Nepali PM by Indian PM during Wednesday’s phone conversation,” a Nepali official confirmed.
The oath-taking ceremony of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to take place on June 8.
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu had a casual meeting with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin at Delhi Airport.
After the NDA meeting, PM Modi shared photographs of the meeting with alliance parties and said, "Ours is an alliance that will further national progress and fulfil regional aspirations."
TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu leaves Delhi airport after attending the meeting of the NDA leaders at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, the residence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Piyush Goel has been appointed as the point person between BJP and TDP, while Ashwini Vaishnav is the point person for JD(U). The BJP has appointed a point person for all major partners in the BJP.
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh attacked PM Narendra Modi on the NDA proposal naming the Varanasi MP as the leader of the ruling alliance. "This proposal is the height of fraud. The caretaker Prime Minister had sought votes in his name alone by making a hue and cry about 'Modi ki Guarantee', which the people of our country rejected. Now suddenly he has tried to breathe life into the dead NDA," Jairam Ramesh said.
A meeting of the BJP parliamentary party has been called at 11 am on June 7 and then there will be a meeting of the NDA parliamentary party at 2.30 pm. During the meeting, Narendra Modi will be elected the first leader of the parliamentary party. Thereafter, the floor leaders of NDA and the presidents of constituent parties of NDA, the Chief Ministers of NDA will go to the Rashtrapati Bhavan at 5 pm. The NDA will stake its claim to form the government and a letter of support will be handed over to the President.
On being asked whether he is a part of the NDA, TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu said, "How can we contest elections if we are not a part of NDA? We fought this collectively. The meeting was good."
TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu arrives at the residence of Jayadev Galla in Delhi after attending the NDA meeting. Earlier, Naidu met Union Minister Piyush Goyal at his residence to discuss TDP's role in the new NDA government.
NDA leaders held a meeting today at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, the residence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi.
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu has arrived at BJP leader Piyush Goyal's residence. The talks are likely to be held on the role of TDP in the new government of the NDA.
Narendra Modi has been unequivocally chosen as the leader of the NDA alliance. A proposal in this regard was passed by the NDA allies during a meeting earlier today (June 5) at the residence of Prime Minister Modi.
Amid a contest between the INDIA bloc and NDA after the declaration of Lok Sabha results, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale on Wednesday said that no ally of the NDA will shift loyalties and Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu have faith in PM Modi. "People have given the responsibility of forming the government of NDA under the leadership of PM Modi. We got 292 seats and the number required to form the government is 272. No ally of the NDA will shift loyalties, rumours are being spread," Ramdas Athawale said.
On his viral picture with Bihar CM-JD(U) leader Nitish Kumar, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav said, "We greeted each other, I was allotted the seat behind him but he saw me and called me to sit with him."
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Today, we are covering the NDA government formation as Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA is set to stake claim to form the government before President Droupadi Murmu.
The NDA has won 293 seats in the Lok Sabha election, comfortably above the majority mark of 272 in the 543-member House, paving the way for Modi to take the oath for a third consecutive term, a first for any ruling alliance since 1962.
On Wednesday, PM Modi chaired a meeting of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's members who unanimously elected him as its leader. NDA MPs are set to meet on June 7 to formally elect Modi as their leader and the alliance leaders will then go to the President to submit their letters of support, HAM (Secular) leader and former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said after attending the meeting.
The new government may be sworn in over the weekend, PTI reported, citing sources. The PTI sources further stated that there is a view to wrap up the formalities quickly to not allow any mood of uncertainty to build up, something a buoyant opposition may push.
How soon the saffron party and its allies reach an agreement on matters like the share of ministries each party may get and other terms of negotiations could also be a factor in deciding the timing of the swearing-in or they could put off the tricky issues for resolution at a later stage.
TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, LJP(R) leader Chirag Paswan, JD(S) leader H D Kumarawamy, Jana Sena's Pawan Kalyan, AGP's Atul Bora and NCP's Praful Patel were among the 21 leaders from 16 parties who attended the meeting besides Modi and BJP's Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and J P Nadda.
"Met our valued NDA partners. Ours is an alliance that will further national progress and fulfil regional aspirations. We will serve the 140 crore people of India and work towards building a Viksit Bharat," Prime Minister Modi said on X after the meeting.
A resolution passed at the meeting said the NDA government will continue working to lift people's living standards for the country's all-round development while conserving its heritage. Janata Dal (United) leader Sanjay Jha, who was present in the meeting, said the formalities related to the formation of the government at the Centre under Modi are expected to be over soon. All parties expressed confidence in Modi's leadership, he added.
"We are all proud that the NDA fought the 2024 Lok Sabha polls unitedly under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and won. We all NDA leaders unanimously elect Narendra Modi as our leader," the resolution added, as quoted by PTI.
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