Bharatiya Janata Party leader and former Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said the swearing-in ceremony of the new NDA government will happen on Sunday, at 6pm.
Addressing leaders of the National Democratic Alliance and newly elected MPs of the Front at the Central Hall of the old Parliament Building, Joshi said Narendra Modi will take oath as Prime Minister for the third time on June 9 at 6pm.
Besides NDA MPs, senior leaders of the alliance, including chief ministers, were present for the meeting where BJP president J.P. Nadda congratulated the party leaders and MPs on their victory.
Former Defence Minister Rajnath Singh proposed a resolution in support of Modi's leadership, and party leaders Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari and alliance leaders endorsed it.
Shortly, senior members of the alliance like TDP's N. Chandrababu Naidu, JD(U)'s Nitish Kumar and Shiv Sena's Eknath Shinde will join the prime minister for a meeting with President Droupadi Murmu to present her the list of parliamentarians supporting him, some alliance members said.
Besides Naidu, Kumar and Shinde, Chirag Paswan, Jitan Ram Manjhi, Anupriya Patel and Pawan Kalyan were among the NDA leaders present on the main dais, alongside senior BJP leaders.
The NDA has 293 MPs, comfortably above the majority mark of 272 in the 543-member Lok Sabha.
Senior BJP leaders, including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nadda, have also been holding deliberations with allies to work out an amicable formula for their share of representation in the new government, which will critically depend on them for survival. The BJP leadership has moved swiftly since the June 4 results for government formation to end any sense of uncertainty after the verdict, which was a setback to the ruling party as it lost majority for the first time since 2014 and needs allies' support to maintain its hold on power.
-with inputs from agencies.
