Narendra Modi will be sworn-in as Prime Minister on 26th of this month. Mr Modi, who called on President Pranab Mukherjee today to stake claim for formation of new government, said that the President invited him to form the government. He said the swearing-in ceremony will be held next Monday at 6 pm. Mr Mukherjee congratulated Modi for BJP's grand victory in Lok Sabha polls.
Earlier, the BJP Parliamentary Party unanimously elected Narendra Modi as its leader in a meeting at the Central Hall of Parliament . His name was proposed by party veteran L K Advani and seconded by senior leaders including Murli Manohar Joshi, Venkaiah Naidu, Nitin Gadkari, Sushma Swaraj and Arun Jaitley.
Mr Narendra Modi said that the Lok Sabha election results represents a new hope for the common man. He dedicated his government for the uplift of the poor, youth, women and deprived.
He said that he would never give an opportunity to look down on what his government would do. In a 30-minute address to the newly elected MPs he said , as people's representatives, they are not in Parliament to clinch power, but to work for the betterment of people and fulfill their aspirations.
He described Parliament as a temple of democracy and said a government should live for welfare of the poor. Mr Modi assured people that there is no need for pessimism going by the past bad experience adding that the country has huge potential. He said he does not believe that the previous governments did nothing. He said they deserve appreciation for whatever good they did.
Our correspondent reports, touched by L K Advani's reference to him in his address Mr Modi broke down. Mr Advani had also broken down earlier while embracing Mr Modi moments after party MPs endorsed his proposal to name him their leader.
Later,constituents of 29-party NDA chose Narendra Modi as their leader in a meeting at the same venue.They hailed him as a strong personality with extraordinary capabilities under whom the country will prosper and attain a major stature in the world.
In his brief acceptance speech, Modi said even though BJP got a majority on its own in the Lok Sabha polls, NDA allies will be as important for hiim as they would have been without it.
