Senior BJP Leader Narendra Modi To Take Oath As PM For 3rd Time On Sunday

Senior BJP leader Narendra Modi will take oath as the Prime Minister for the third time on Sunday. The oath taking ceremony will be held at 6 PM in Rashtrapati Bhawan. Union Minister Pralhad Joshi informed this during the NDA Parliamentary Party meeting in New Delhi on Friday. 

President Droupadi Murmu will administer the oath to Narendra Modi and his new cabinet. The NDA leaders today met the President and staked a claim to form the new government. Earlier in the day, NDA Parliamentary Party unanimously elected Narendra Modi as its leader. 

During the NDA Parliamentary party meeting at the Central hall of the old Parliament building in New Delhi, Senior BJP Leader and Union Minister Rajnath Singh moved a proposal to elect Mr Modi as NDA leader and it was supported by the leaders of all NDA allies. Mr. Modi has also been elected as the leader of BJP in Lok Sabha, and BJP parliamentary party.

Proposing the name of Mr Modi, Rajnath Singh said that he is the most suitable person for this posts. He said, that this alliance is not a compulsion but it is our commitment. Supporting the proposal, Union Minister’s Amit Shah and Nitin Gadkari seconded the proposal.

TDP Chief Chandrababu Naidu said, NDA government under the visionary leadership of Narendra Modi has taken significant initiatives in the last ten years. He said, the country has witnessed remarkable progress and transformation. Mr Naidu said, India is having a right leader at the right time, that is Narendra Modi.

Extending his support to Prime Minister Modi, Bihar Chief Minister and JD (U) President Nitish Kumar said that they will work together under Mr Modi’s leadership. Mr Kumar said, Mr Modi has served the country and whatever is left he will fulfil in the new term.

Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena (Shinde group) leader Eknath Shinde, LJP (R) Chief Chirag Paswan, NCP leader Ajit Pawar, Jan Sena Chief Pawan Kalyan, Apna Dal (S) leader Anupriya Patel and JD (S) leader H D Kumaraswamy also supported the



proposal.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Modi said, NDA is not a group of parties that have come together for power but it is an alliance committed to work with the spirit of nation first. He said, NDA is the most successful alliance in India’s history and our aim will be to reach unanimity in all decisions. Mr Modi said, today, the people of the country have given NDA an opportunity to serve them by forming the government in 22 states.

Mr Modi said, the NDA government will focus on good governance, development, and minimum interference in lives of common citizens. He said, in the last ten years, the NDA has worked to take the country to new heights of success. Mr Modi said, a common thing that exists amongst all the leadership pillars of NDA is Good Governance.

In his address, Mr. Modi said the focus will be on good governance, development, quality of life and minimum interference in the lives of common citizens in the next year. He also took a dig at the opposition alliance saying when the results were declared he was concerned if the Electronic Voting Machines are ‘dead or alive’ referring to theallegations of EVM rigging. He alleged that the opposition tried to blame the EVM and weaken the Election Commission of India. He also attacked the opposition over its poll promises and accused it of misleading the people during the Lok Sabha poll campaign. Mr. Modi also took a dig at Congress saying the party could not touch the figure of 100 seats in this Lok Sabha polls.

BJP President J P Nadda said, NDA got the majority in Lok Sabha elections for the third consecutive year. He said, the BJP success in Odisha and Andhra Pradesh is praiseworthy.RLD Chief Jayant Chaudhary, several Union Ministers including Piyush Goyal and Anurag Singh Thakur were among others present in the meeting. Besides, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Gujarat Bhupendra Patel, Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav, Goa CM Pramod Sawant, Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma and Manipur CM N Biren Singh also attended the meeting.