New Delhi | Prime Minister Modi has been elected as the leader of BJP-led National Democratic Alliance at a meeting in Parliament’s Central Hall.
PM Modi has been unanimously elected by all the members of the NDA.
Top alliance leaders, including JD(U)’s Nitish Kumar, Shiv Sena’s Uddhav Thackeray and Akali Dal’s Parkash Singh Badal, extended their party’s support after Modi was elected as the leader of the BJP parliamentary party at first.
Senior BJP leaders L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi were present on the dais with other alliance leaders.
SAD’s Parkash Singh Badal proposed Narendra Modi’s name as the leader of NDA Parliamentary Party. JDU Chief Nitish Kumar and Shiv Sena Chief Uddhav Thackeray endorsed the proposal.
“PM Modi elected leader of BJP in Lok Sabha”, announced Amit Shah.
PM Modi was congratulated with a bouquet of flowers by all the Union Ministers and the NDA members.
“I thank all the allies and the MPs who have unanimously chosen NDA’s leader Narendra Modi as the new Prime Minister of the country”, BJP Chief Amit Shah said, after Modi’s election.
“People of India believed in PM Modi’s vision. The nation wholeheartedly supported the Narendra Modi experiment”, he said.
“This is a historic mandate. There is immense support from the public who have come out to choose BJP’s 303 MPs and NDA’s 353 MPs”, he added.
Modi’s election was a mere formality as the NDA had already declared him the alliance’s prime ministerial candidate.
“You all deserve greetings but those elected for the first time deserve an even bigger one. I offer all of you my greetings”, PM Modi started his speech addressing the hall.
“People have accepted us due to our ‘seva bhav’. One has to prepare oneself to be always ready to help people even when you move through the lanes of politics and power”, said PM Modi.
“2019 elections have worked towards breaking down walls and connecting hearts. In a way, they had become a way to unite the society…This gave a new height to these elections. The people have started a new era and all of us are a witness to it”, he said.
“These elections were pro-incumbency. This pro-incumbency wave is tied with the thread of trust. The trust was not only between people and govt but also among people themselves. This gave birth to that trust”, PM added.
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