NEW DELHI, May 26, 2019 (BSS) – President of India Ram Nath Kovind has
appointed Narendra Modi as Prime Minister after the landslide victory of BJP-
led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the recently concluded India’s
national election.
Modi was appointed as the Prime Minister for the second consecutive term
soon after the NDA leaders on Saturday elected Modi as their leader in
parliament, according to official sources.
Narendra Modi is likely to take oath as Prime Minister on May 30.
“Exercising powers vested in him under Article 75 (1) of the Constitution
of India, the President, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, today appointed Shri Narendra
Modi to the office of Prime Minister of India,” said a statement issued from
the President’s secretariat here last evening.
The President also requested Modi to “advise him about the names of others
to be appointed members of the Union Council of Ministers and indicate the
date and time of the swearing-in-ceremony to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan”.
Modi was formally intimated when he called on the President at Rashtrapati
Bhavan in his capacity as leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party, which has
majority support in parliament following the general election to the 17th Lok
Sabha.
Earlier on Saturday, a delegation of the National Democratic Alliance led
by BJP President Amit Shah called on the President at Rashtrapati Bhavan when
he handed over a letter to him stating Modi’s election as leader of the BJP
Parliamentary Party.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 303 out of 542 seats in the Lok Sabha
while its arch rival the Indian National Congress led by Rahul Gandhi won 52
seats.
The Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi prior to call on President Ram Nath
Kovind, addressed to the NDA party meeting yesterday at parliament’s Central
Hall where he urged the newly elected Lok Sabha members of the NDA alliance
to win the confidence of the minorities and take everyone along for national
unity.
“Sabka Vishwas, Sob Ka Sath, Sabka Vikas….This will be our mantra,” he
told the NDA senior leaders in Hindi.
He however asked the newly elected MPs not to discriminate between voters
in their constituencies.
After the landslide victory in 17th Lok Sabha election, Narendra Modi is
going to visit Gujarat today to seek the blessings of his mother for becoming
successful in his second term in office.
He will also visit his parliamentary constituency Varanasi tomorrow to
thank the voters for re-electing him.