The government will be formed on 8th June; Equals the record of Javahar Lal Nehru
New Delhi, NFAPost: After the 18th Lok Sabha election result, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) selected Narendra Modi as its Prime Ministerial candidate paving the way for him to become third time the Prime Minister of India, a political feat he is equalling with that of former Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Prime Minister tendered his resignation along with the Union Council of Ministers. The President accepted the resignation and requested the Prime Minister and the Union Council of Ministers to continue in office till the new Government is formed.
President Droupadi Murmu dissolved the 17th Lok Sabha on Wednesday on the advice of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Cabinet, according to the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Cabinet, in its meeting held on Wednesday, advised the President to dissolve the current Lok Sabha with immediate effect, it said.
The NDA won a total of 292 seats, with the result on one seat still pending. The party suffered because of a tepid performance in the crucial state of Uttar Pradesh as an energised INDIA bloc rose from the ashes with a tally of 233 seats. Modi’s BJP, which won 282 seats in 2014 and 303 in the 2019 election, won 240 seats this time – 32 short of the 272-majority mark. It will now depend on the 53 seats won by members of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to form government.
Prime Minister Nadrendra Modi tenders resignation after dissolving the Cabint to form new government after 18th Lok Sabha results
The Congress secured wins in 99 seats, a significant rise from 52 seats in the 2019 Lok sabha polls. Others, including regional parties and Independents, bagged a total of 17 seats. The Congress succeeded in eating into the BJP’s share in Rajasthan and Haryana.
TDP led by Chandrababu Naidu’s won 16 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh (and a simultaneous Assembly election to return as Chief Minister) and Nitish Kumar’s JDU picked up 12 seats in Bihar. Both of them have become crucial parties in the formation of Prime Minister Narednra Modi’s third cabinet.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the last cabinet meeting of the current tenure said winning and losing are part of politics.
“We have done good work for the last 10 years. We will continue doing so,” PM Modi told NDA leaders at the last cabinet meeting,” said Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
On the Lok Sabha election results, Prime Minister said the the NDA will stake claim to form government for a third time and he said the results a victory of the world’s largest democracy. The Prime Minister thanked Union Ministers for giving their best in the past 10 years. “All of you have worked very hard,” said Narendra Modi.
