Modi to meet Prez to stake claim to form new govt

May 25, 2019 19:28

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to call on President Ram Nath Kovind to stake his claim to form the government.

Modi is expected to take oath early next week after visiting his home state Gujarat to seek his mothers blessings and then fly down for a quick thanksgiving trip to his constituency Varanasi where he received 64 per cent of all votes.

Earlier, he was unanimously elected leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance at a meeting attended by its newly elected MPs and senior leaders in Parliament's Central Hall.

Modi's election was a mere formality as the NDA had already declared him the alliance's prime ministerial candidate.

He has led the NDA to a landslide win in the general election, with the BJP winning 303 seats, its highest ever, and its allies 50.

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