NDA Stakes Claim To Form Govt, PM Modi Likely To Meet President Murmu At 6 PM Today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA is set to stake claim for government formation on Friday evening. PM Modi, along with NDA leaders, will meet President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhawan at 6 pm today.
PM Modi is likely to take oath for the third time as prime minister on June 9. Earlier, the Varanasi MP met former President Ram Nath Kovind, Bharat Ratna and veteran BJP leader LK Advani and BJP vetern Murli Manohar Joshi.
Modi was earlier chosen as the leader of the NDA Parliamentary Party today.
He visited Advani soon after being chosen as the leader of the NDA parliamentary party, leader of the BJP parliamentary party and leader of the BJP in the Lok Sabha. After meeting Advani, he went to the residence of Joshi, a former president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Subsequently, Modi also met former president Ram Nath Kovind.
PM Modi is scheduled to go to the Rashtrapati Bhawan at 6 pm today to call on President Droupadi Murmu for staking claim to form the government.
The NDA has 293 MPs in their camp, placing the ruling alliance comfortably above the majority mark of 272 in the 543-member Lok Sabha.
