New Delhi Medications for government conformation began on Wednesday with the ruling National Democratic Alliance(NDA) unanimously taking Narendra Modi as its leader while the opposition INDIA bloc said it'll take applicable way at the applicable time to "realise the people's desire not to" realise the people's desire not to be ruled by the BJP government".
The ruling and opposition alliances held resemblant meetings at the Prime Minister's hearthstone and Congress principal Mallikarjun Kharge's hearthstone independently in the evening, a day after the election results gave a clear maturity to the BJP- led NDA While the BJP won 240 Lok Sabha seats of its own, the NDA has bagged 293 seats, comfortably above the maturity mark of 272 in the 543- member House, paving the way for Modi to take the pledge for a third successive term, a first for any ruling alliarice since 1962.
The opposition INDIA bloc too is buoyed after making stunning earnings this time by bagging 234 seats. Setting the tone for his third straight term as the head of a coalition government Prime Minister Modi chaired a meeting of the leaders of NDA parties who unanimously tagged him as its leader, The NDA MPs will meet on June 7 to formally handpick Modi as their leader and the alliance leaders will also meet the President of India to submit their letters of support, HAM (temporal) leader and former Bihar chief minister Jitan Ram Manjhi said after attending the meeting.
The new government may be sworn in over the weekend, sources said, adding that there's a view to wrap up the formalities snappily to not allow any mood of query to make up, commodity a buoyant opposition may push. "Met our valued NDA mates. Ours is an alliance that will further public progress and fulfil indigenous bournes . We'll serve the 140 crore people of India and work towards erecting a Viksit Bharat, Prime Minister Modi said on X after the meeting.
At the NDA meeting at PM's hearthstone, TDP leader N Chandrababu Naidu, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde,L.JP(R) leader Chirag Paswan, JD(S) leader HD Kumarawamy, Jana Sena's Pawan Kalyan, AGP's Atul Bora and NCP's Praful Patel were among the 21 leaders from 16 parties present. The meeting was also attended by BJP's Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and JP Nadda Naidu shot back," We queried the choices together.
Why do you mistrustfulness. "With the figures piled in favour of the ruling NDA, the INDIA bloc indicated a "stay and watch approach after its old abettors Nitish Kumar and N Chandrababu Naidu, who are now in the NDA, didn't repay to preludes and threw their weight behind Modi After nearly two- hour reflections with other INDIA bloc parties, Kharge said the opposition leaders resolved to continue their fight against the "fascist rule of the BJP led by Modi indeed as they thanked the people for their inviting support to the bloc.
"We'll take applicable way at the applicable time to realise people's desire not to be ruled by the BJP's government, "Kharge said while reading out a statement espoused by all the alliance ingredients after the reflections at his hearthstone. He said the decision has been taken by all ingredients of the INDIA bloc in one voice. The common statement indicated that the alliance is keeping its options open while choosing not to stake a claim at government conformation for now.
The Congress chairman had convened the meeting to bandy the political situation and the election results, explore any possibility of government conformation and whether to reach out to their old mates Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu. Kharge said that the opposition would continue to work together and would surely stand by the pledges made to the people and keep them.
The ingredients of the INDIA bloc thank the people of India for their inviting support. The people's accreditation has been a befitting reply to the BJP and their politics of hate, corruption and privation, "Kharge said. This is a accreditation in defence of the Constitution of India, and against price rise, severance and crony capitalism and also to save republic," Kharge added while publicizing the decision of the alliance mates.
In his opening reflections, Kharge said the alliance welcomes all parties that partake its abecedarian commitment to the values elevated in the Preamble to the Constitution and to its numerous vittles for profitable, social and political justice. Kharge, adjoined by former Congress chairman Sonia Gandhi, NCP(SCP) chairman Sharad Pawar, TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin and other leaders including Sharad Pawar, Sitaram Yechury, Akhilesh Yadav, Tejashwi Yadav, Champai Soren, Raghav Chadha, Sanjay Singh, D Raja and Sanjay Raut, said the grouping will continue to fight against the" fascist rule" of the BJP.
The people's accreditation has given a befitting reply to the BJP and their politics of hate, corruption and privation. This is a political and moral defeat of Prime Minister Narendra Modi," Kharge said. A resolution was passed at the NDA meeting which said the alliance government will continue working to lift people's living norms for the country's each-round development while conserving its heritage.
"We're each proud that the NDA fought the 2024 Lok Sabha pates unitedly under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and won. We all NDA leaders unanimously handpick Narendra Modi as our leader," it added. The resolution also said that people have seen the country being developed in every sector in the last 10 times due to the pro-people programs of the NDA government under Modi. Janata Dal(United) leader Sanjay Jha, who was present in the meeting, said the formalities related to the conformation of the government at the Centre under Modi are anticipated to be over soon.
still, it'll be a different act for him this time as the BJP has fallen well short of the maturity and depends on abettors for the government-formaan after enjoying a comfortable maturity on its own in the former two terms of his government. Hosting the meeting, the BJP presented a picture of collaborative cooperation with its abettors with Naidu, Kumar and Shinde seated to the left wing of Modi while Nadda, Singh and Shah adjoined the high minister on his right.
In terms of their parties' strength, Naidu, Kumar and Shinde are the three biggest NDA ingredients in that order after the BJP. The parties of Naidu and Kumar, who together command the support of 28 MPs, have rubbished enterprise on their unborn moves. Naidu has reiterated his support to the BJP, a view echoed by JD(U)'s Jha as well. All leaders complimented the PM for his leadership and the strides our nation has made under him. They appreciated the PM's hard work and sweats in nation-structure.
Modi said at the meeting that it was a major accreditation for the NDA's third successive government which, he noted, was last entered in the country over 60 times back. His abettors lauded Modi for his clear vision for" Viksit Bharat and asserted that they're mates in this thing. They also praised him for enhancing India's pride in the world, besides his sweats towards poverty eradication and pledged to continue the good work, the sources said PTI.