Prime Minister Narendra Modi has meet President Ram Nath Kovind and staked claim to form new government.
Today, PM Modi was also been formally elected as the leader of the NDA, in a parliamentary board meeting today. Shiromani Akali Dal leader Parkash Singh Badal moved a resolution to elect PM Modi as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance or NDA Parliamentary Party, which was supported by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Ram Vilas Paswan and other leaders of the NDA. "Narendra Modi is elected the leader of the parliamentary party of 353 MPs unanimously," BJP president Amit Shah announced after the election as Modi acknowledged the support and cheers from MPs.
The PM was also elected as the leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party. He is now addressing the NDA leaders.
Senior BJP leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi were also present at the NDA parliamentary meeting.