PM Modi attends NDA meeting in Parliament

Narendra Modi speaks during the NDA parliamentary party meeting at Samvidhan Sadan in New Delhi

A meeting of newly elected MPs was held on Friday, days after Lok Sabha election results 2024 were announced, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi was present.

The Prime Minister was welcomed with chants of 'Modi Modi' in the meeting held at the Samvidhan Sadan of the Parliament building, as he arrived to join the NDA meeting, the Prime Minister respectfully touched the Constitution of India with his forehead.

JD(S) MP-elect HD Kumaraswamy supported the proposal of naming Narendra Modi as the Leader of the NDA Parliamentary Party.

TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu said, "We are congratulating all of us as we have won a wonderful majority. I have seen during the election campaign, for three months PM Modi never took any rest. Day and night he has campaigned. He started and ended with the same spirit." TDP Chief Naidu continued, "In Andhra Pradesh, we had three public meetings and one big rally and it has made a huge difference in winning the election in Andhra Pradesh..." as reported by ANI.

BJP now has to depend on allies TDP and JD(U) after it failed to cross the halfway mark needed to form a government in its own right.

BJP MP Rajnath Singh addressing the gathering said, "I want to congratulate all the newly elected MPs...Today, we are here to elect the leader of the NDA. I believe that PM Narendra Modi's name is the most suitable for all these posts..."

"The NDA got a majority in the Lok Sabha elections and we also formed our government in Odisha. I am happy to inform you that the NDA govt was also formed in Andhra Pradesh. In Arunachal Pradesh too, we formed our Government for the third time. In Sikkim, NDA formed its government too..." said BJP National President JP Nadda.

Praising Modi and his contributions in the past 10 years, Nadda further continued, "We remember that 10 years ago, there was an indifferent India, it was said about India that nothing was going to change here and today, 10 years later, under the leadership of PM Modi, the same India has become an aspiring India and has set out with the resolution of a developed India...."

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was greeted by Bihar CM- JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu among other leaders at the meeting. Nationalist Congress Party (NCP- Ajit Pawar) Chief Ajit Pawar, and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) Chief Chirag Paswan were also present at the meeting.

Former Karnataka Chief Minister and Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy affirmed his party's support to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to form a "stable government,' in the meeting on Friday.

As Kumaraswamy arrived in the national capital to attend the NDA MPs meeting, "We are all with him (PM Modi), we are joining hands with only NDA. Not only me but the entire country has a lot of expectations from PM Modi regarding developments, several problems have to be solved, " he told ANI.

"There is no demand at all. Stable government is required for the country, and for that, we are joining hands with him," he further added. On reports of demands put forth by NDA allies, the JD(S) leader said, "Ultimately, everybody will agree."

On Wednesday, leaders of parties in the NDA held a meeting and elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi as their leader.

NDA will work towards building a developed India, said PM Modi in the meeting on Friday, as reported by ANI.

According to the agency, it is reported that Narendra Modi is likely to take oath as the Prime Minister for the third consecutive time on June 9.

Earlier the new NDA government led by PM Modi was speculated to take oath on Saturday. However, there is no official confirmation yet of the date of the oath-taking ceremony.

As per the results announced by the Election Commission of India on Tuesday, the BJP and its allies now hold 293 seats after winning 240 seats individually. The NDA has received support from Chandrababu Naidu's TDP and Nitish Kumar's JDU, who won 16 and 12 seats in their respective states, respectively.

The Congress won 99 seats in the new parliament, with the INDIA block having 234 MPs.