PM Modi Submits Resignation After Union Cabinet Decides To Dissolve 17th Lok Sabha, President Asks To Hold Office Interimly

After the Union Cabinet passed the resolution for the dissolution of the 17th Lok Sabha, Prime Minister Narendra Modi submitted his resignation to President Droupadi Murmu.

On Wednesday (5 June) afternoon, PM Modi called on President Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan and tendered his resignation along with the Union Council of Ministers.

"The President accepted the resignation and requested the Prime Minister and the Union Council of Ministers to continue in office till the new Government is formed," as per release.

Modi is set to take the oath of the office of the Prime Minister for the third consecutive time on Saturday (8 June), along with new cabinet of Union Ministers.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 240 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha election - 32 short of the 272-majority mark - but will rely on the 53 seats won by its allies to form the government.

The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is scheduled to meet in Delhi. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu will be present there.