PM Modi To Take Oath As Prime Minister For The Third Time On Saturday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to take oath of the office for third consecutive time on Saturday (8 June), ANI reported.

President Droupadi Murmu will administer the oath of office to him at the Rashtrapati Bhavan at 8 PM on Saturday.

PM Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party 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 members of the party-led National Democratic Alliance to seal a third consecutive term.

The new cabinet of Union Ministers will also take oath on the same day. 

The PM Modi-led Cabinet had earlier today (5 June) recommended the dissolution of the 17th Lok Sabha.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is scheduled to meet in Delhi today, a day after the Lok Sabha Election results 2024.

The meeting will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu will also be present at the NDA meet in Delhi.

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