Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Modi to take oath as prime minister of India on June 9

Narendra Modi will take oath for a third term as India's prime minister at a ceremony in New Delhi on Sunday (June 9).

India general elections, the world's largest election exercise, has wrapped up with Narendra Modi-led NDA registering a win. Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) individually won 240 seats. The alliance was targeting "400 paar" i.e., over 400 seats, this time. However, it had to settle for 292. This helped pave the way for a coalition NDA government that on Wednesday (Jun 5) formally elected Modi as the bloc's leader. 

Modi meets President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan

Narendra Modi meets President Droupadi Murmu at the Rashtrapati Bhavan and stakes claim to form the government. He was chosen as the leader of the NDA Parliamentary Party today.

Modi meets veteran BJP leaders

PM Modi meets veteran leader LK Advani at the latter's residence in New Delhi on Friday. PM later headed to meets veteran BJP leader Murli Manohar at his residence. 

Chirag Paswan elected as LJP (Ram Vilas) Parliamentary Party leader

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan has been elected as the LJP (Ram Vilas) Parliamentary Party leader after a meeting in Delhi. As per reports all five MPs of the party namely Veena Devi, Arun Bharti, Shambhavi Choudhary and Rajesh Verma along with LJP President Chirag Paswan were present in the meeting.

Chirag Paswan dismissed rumours of demands by his party, and said, "LJP is completely dedicated to our leader Narendra Modi. There is no doubt about it. In the NDA meeting held the day before yesterday, LJP extended the support to the leadership of PM Modi without any conditions."

"So, the party has no demands. I can say on behalf of the NDA that no party presented any demands that day. Everyone extended the support unconditionally. Today, NDA will probably submit the letter of support to PM Modi’s leadership to the President today," he added. 

(With inputs from agencies)