NDA government formation Highlights Modi 3.0: Narendra Modi to take oath as Prime Minister for third consecutive term today

Narendra Modi will take oath as the Prime Minister at 6 PM on Sunday. Cabinet ministers are also likely to be sworn-in the same day.

Narendra Modi arrived in the Central Hall of the Old Parliament building to attend the meeting of the NDA parliamentary party.

A meeting of the National Democratic Alliance is currently underway in the Central Hall of the Old Parliament Building. Discussions are being held on the government formation. The leaders are likely to elects Narendra Modi as the leader of the NDA, following which the alliance will meet the President and stake claim to form the govenrment.

NDA partners have voiced their concerns about the electoral damage in key states over the Agniveer scheme and have demanded that the BJP consider a revision or rollback of the intitiative.

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan was on Friday elected the leader of the parliamentary party. Paswan is present in the old Parliament building for the meeting of NDA leaders.

The NDA leader will discuss the formation of the new Cabinet in the meeting at the Samvidhan Bhavan of the old Parliament building. Narendra Modi is set to arrive shortly and will address the gathering of newly elected Members of Parliament.

Newly elected MPs of the NDA arrived at the Central Hall of Old Parliament for a meeting of the parliamentary party where Narendra Modi will formally be elected as the leader of the alliance. The NDA is likely to stake claim to form a government following the meeting.

Pain points may have started to emerge in alliance talks within the NDA even as the BJP readies plans for a grand swearing-in ceremony of the NDA government under the leadership of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister. The TDP, it is learnt, is keen on the Lok Sabha Speaker’s post as it drives a hard bargain with BJP. The Modi-shah duo, however, have so far refused to relent, making it clear that they are unwilling to cede key ministries and the Speaker’s post to its allies.

As talks move with allies over the Cabinet formation of the NDA government, top BJP leaders Amit Shah and JP Nadda arrived at the 7 LKM Marg residence of PM Modi. It is likely that a decision on the names of BJP MPs to be appointed as ministers will be taken during the meeting.

Reports suggest that the BJP is in touch with Independent candidates and smaller parties who have won the 2024 elections. The efforts may be part of its strategy to shore up as many MPs as possible into its fold in case the talks with allies take an unexpected turn. As many as 19 MPs are currently out of the NDA or INDIA fold.

The NDA parliamentary party will meet at the Central Hall in the old Parliament building on Friday where the Prime Minister-designate will address all newly elected MPs of the coalition. Narendra Modi was on Wednesday unanimously elected as the NDA leader. He is expected to take oath as the PM for a third consecutive term soon.

The Janata Dal (United) of Nitish Kumar may demand three Cabinet berths as efforts to seal portfolios gather pace within the NDA. JD(U) leader Shrawan Kumar said that the matter of Cabinet berths will be decided by the BJP and JD(U) leadership but it must be respectable.

Demands for a rethink on the Agnipath scheme have started to feature prominently as talks progress between the BJP and NDA allies over portfolio allocation in the Modi 3.0 Cabinet. Nitish Kumar’s JD(U), a key ally of the BJP, added a review of the Agnipath Army recruitment scheme to its list of expectations from the new NDA government. Earlier today, LJP (Ramvilas) leader Chirag Paswan also said that he is in favour of a review of the Agnipath scheme and a nationwide caste census.

A crucial meeting of NDA partners will be convened in the national capital on Friday, June 7, to discuss the final shape that the Cabinet may take. Nitish Kumar (JDU) and Chandrababu Naidu (TDP) have both listed their demands before the BJP. Other allies like Chirag Paswan’s LJP (Ram Vilas), Shiv Sena and others have also voiced their demands to the BJP.

As the TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu and JDU chief Nitish Kumar confirmed their support for the NDA, the Congress on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi whether he would fulfil his promise of giving special category status to the states of Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.

In a video statement posted on X, Ramesh said the Congress has four questions for the prime minister — two for Andhra Pradesh and two for Bihar. Read more

Samajwadi Party MP from Faizabad, Awadhesh Prasad, on Thursday came down heavily on the BJP, saying this party is not the “real” follower of Lord Ram, and accused it of doing politics in his name and cheating the people.

Prasad defeated his nearest rival from the BJP, Lallu Singh, by 54,567 votes in Uttar Pradesh‘s Faizabad parliamentary seat, under which Ayodhya comes, where a grand Ram temple was built. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had led its consecration ceremony on January 22.

“The BJP did politics in the name of Ayodhya. They have worked against the dignity of Maryada Purushottam Ram,” Prasad told PTI.

On BJP‘s performance in Uttar Pradesh in Lok Sabha polls, Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh said, “There are several reasons, but I don’t have the authority to review them. It is on the organisation and the state and central leaderships of the party to review.”

Outgoing MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh’s son, Karan Bhushan Singh, won from the Kaiserganj Lok Sabha constituency by over 1.4 lakh votes to his nearest rival from the Samajwadi Party Bhagat Ram.

Maharashtra Chief Minister and Shiv Sena supremo Eknath Shinde on Thursday met newly elected MPs at Varsha bungalow in Mumbai after the Lok Sabha elections were declared.

Shiv Sena was able to claim victory on seven of 48 Parliamentary constituencies in the state.

The Congress on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi whether he would fulfil his promise of giving special category status to the states of Andhra Pradesh and Bihar.

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh also took a swipe at the prime minister, saying it is being claimed repeatedly that the Modi 3.0 government will be formed but the truth is that this time it will be “Modi 1/3 government”. (PTI)

“With full humility, I fold my hands to thank everyone. All our allies, friends and my voters for showing their faith in me. If you ask, I am totally humbled by this result,” says NCP(SP) leader Supriya Sule, while addressing a press conference in Maharashtra‘s Pune.

Supriya Sule retained the Baramati Lok Sabha seat by more than 1.55 lakh votes. Sule was pitted against Sunetra Pawar, Sule’s sister-in-law, who was nominated by Ajit Pawar’s faction of NCP.

The Janata Dal United, which won 12 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, may be offered portfolios such as panchayati raj, rural development, while the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which won 16 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh, may get civil aviation and steel. The BJP may, however, try to accommodate allies’ MPs in Minister of State roles in big-ticket ministries such as Finance and Defence, sources told NDTV.

Other portfolios the saffron party may be open to handing over to portfolios include tourism, skill development, science and technology and earth sciences.

TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and JD(U) boss Nitish Kumar, both coalition-era veterans, have emerged kingmakers in this Lok Sabha elections and are learnt to have demanded plum roles at the Centre for their support to the NDA, which would help the BJP to form government at the Centre.

On speculations of him being made a cabinet minister in the BJP-led NDA government, Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan said, “…My goal was clear – to make my Prime Minister the PM of the country for the third time. Today, the biggest reason for me to rejoice is that we are going to achieve this goal… Who becomes a part of the government and who doesn’t, who becomes a minister and who doesn’t is not the priority of any of the allies. I hear on media channels that he demanded this or demanded that – but nobody did. In NDA meeting yesterday, we once again accepted the leadership of PM…”

DMK’s T R Baalu, at the age of 82, is the oldest candidate to win the Lok Sabha elections. Meanwhile, the Samajwadi Party’s Pushpendra Saroj and Priya Saroj became the youngest candidates to win the Lok Sabha polls at the age of 25, according to an analysis by think tank PRS.

The list of Lok Sabha candidates who won the elections will be handed over to President Droupadi Murmu by Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Thursday. Afterwards, the official process to constitute the 18th Lok Sabha will begin.

On Wednesday, the President ordered the dissolution of the 17th Lok Sabha. (PTI)

Following a thumping victory in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav, including on the Ayodhya-Faizabad seat, said, “The truth is that the BJP would have lost even more seats in Uttar Pradesh. I thank the people of Ayodhya. You would have seen the pain of Ayodhya from time to time. Injustice was done to the people of Ayodhya. They were not given adequate compensation for their land, injustice was done to them, their land was not acquired at par with the market price, you snatched their land forcibly by slapping false cases against them…you destroyed the poor for a sacred thing. That is why, I think people of Ayodhya and neighbouring areas voted against the BJP.”

Of the 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party won 37 seats increasing its tally from 5 in 2019.

While addressing press conference in Delhi, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav said, “I think Agniveer system should be scrapped immediately. Government should admit that it made a mistake, that it should not have introduced Agniveer system…”

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for cementing his third consecutive term. Taking to X, he wrote, “Great to speak with Narendra Modi today to congratulate him on his election victory. Australia and India are close friends, with strong strategic, economic and cultural ties. We look forward to growing our partnership in 2024 and beyond.”

Narendra Modi‘s oath-taking ceremony as the Prime Minister is likely to take place on June 9 now, according to media reports. Earlier, it was reported that the swearing-in ceremony will take place on June 8.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau congratulated PM Modi for winning and forming the government for the third consecutive term.

“Congratulations to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his electoral victory. Canada stands ready to work with his government to advance the relationship between our nations’ peoples—anchored to human rights, diversity, and the rule of law,” Canadian PM Justin Trudeau said in a post on X.