Narendra Modi to take oath on May 26

Prime Minister designate, Narendra Modi met Pranab Mukherjee today and stake claim to form the government.

Modi has confirmed that he will sworn in as the Prime Minister on May 26.

Nar”I came to call on the President. The President has given me a formal letter (of appointment as the PM) and has invited me for oath-taking ceremony on May 26 at 6pm as we had earlier decided,” Modi informed media.

Earlier President congratulated Modi for his ‘grand victory’ in the recently concluded Lok Sabha Polls. BJP-led NDA won unprecedented 335 seats. BJP alone got absolute majority in the polls.

Rashtrapati Bhawan released a statement which reads, “As Modi has been elected leader of the BJP parliamentary party and BJP has majority support in the House of the People, the President appointed him the Prime Minister of India and requested him to advise the names of members of the council of ministers.”

“The President will administer the oath of office and secrecy on May 26 at 6pm at Rashtrapati Bhawan,” the President’s spokesman Venu Rajamony said.

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