President Ram Nath Kovind appoints Narendra Modi as Prime Minister
First Published: 25th May, 2019 21:53 IST
President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday appointed Narendra Modi as the new Prime Minister. The BJP-led NDA got 353 out of 542 seats in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.
President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday appointed Narendra Modi as the new Prime Minister.
The BJP-led NDA got 353 out of 542 seats in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections.
#BREAKING | PM Narendra Modi meets President Ram Nath Kovind, stakes claim to form government. pic.twitter.com/fifdg3HlDF
— Northeast Live (@NELiveTV) May 25, 2019
A Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said, “Exercising powers vested in him under Article 75 (1) of the Constitution of India, President Ram Nath Kovind, today appointed Narendra Modi to the office of Prime Minister of India.”
The President also requested Narendra Modi to advise him about the names of others to be appointed members of the Union Council of Ministers; and to indicate the date and time of the swearing-in-ceremony to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, it said.
Exercising powers vested in him under Article 75 (1) of the Constitution of India, President Kovind, today appointed @narendramodi to the office of Prime Minister of India pic.twitter.com/xrs5jgCGkF
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) May 25, 2019
The President requested @narendramodi to:
i) advise him about the names of others to be appointed members of the Union Council of Ministers; and
ii) indicate the date and time of the swearing-in-ceremony to be held at Rashtrapati Bhavan
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) May 25, 2019
As reported by ANI, the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister will likely be held on May 30.
Earlier, newly elected MPs of the BJP-led NDA met today to formally elect Prime Minister Narendra Modi as their leader setting in motion the process of government formation.
The meeting took place in Parliament’s Central Hall, before which BJP MPs separately met at the Parliament House.
#BREAKING | NDA formally elects Narendra Modi as its leader, at the parliamentary board meet.
(Image: ANI) pic.twitter.com/szamkZp8C4
— Northeast Live (@NELiveTV) May 25, 2019
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