Modi To Take Oath As Prime Minister On June 8, BJP Say Sources As NDA Organises Meet In Delhi

Narendra Modi is set to form the government for a historic third term, with his oath-taking ceremony set for June 8, following the BJP-led NDA’s win in the Lok Sabha elections. Modi will be the second Prime Minister in Indian history to achieve this feat after the country’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, served three consecutive terms.

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Government formation

The government formation kicked off on Wednesday as the Union Cabinet recommended the dissolution of the 17th Lok Sabha. Once approved, President Droupadi Murmu will dissolve the current lower house and begin constituting the 18th Lok Sabha.

President Murmu will host a farewell dinner for PM Modi’s Union Council of Ministers at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The NDA will be called upon to prove its majority within a specified timeframe. All eyes will be on PDP Chief Chandrababu Naidu and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar who are expected to reach Delhi to meet the top leadership of BJP soon to meet the top leadership of BJP.

The BJP, having won 240 seats, crossed the 272 majority mark with the support of its several allies, including the Telugu Desam Party and Janata Dal (United). With support from BJP’s key allies N Chandrababu Naidu in Andhra Pradesh and Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) in Bihar and other alliance partners, the NDA crossed the halfway mark, securing 293 seats. As the NDA is set for a third term, the INDIA alliance, led by Congress, will be looking to court the BJP’s partners TDP and JD(U).

Members of the INDIA bloc will convene a meeting to deliberate on strategies for the far-fetched possibility of forming a government at the centre, despite currently being way short of the required numbers. Several leaders of the top political parties, including NCP’s Sharad Pawar and Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut will attend the INDIA bloc meeting in the national capital.

‘Historic Third Term’

After the results were declared on Tuesday, PM Modi pledged to work with all states, regardless of the party in power, to build a developed India.  In his first speech after the results of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on Tuesday, Modi laid out his vision for the third term saying it would be a tenure of big decisions and key emphasis would be on uprooting corruption.

It is the first time that 73-year-old Modi will be dependent on allies to be in the government since he came into politics. “The fight against corruption is becoming tougher by the day. Corruption is being shamelessly glorified for political interest. In our third term, NDA will focus a lot on rooting out corruption of all kinds,” Modi said.