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Election results highlights: NDA to fight 2025 Bihar polls under Nitish Kumar's leadership
Lok Sabha results highlights: Narendra Modi is set to take PM's oath on June 9. Prez Murmu to invite largest party for govt formation after meeting CEC.
- 9:20 PM IST, June 6BJP reacts to Kangana Ranaut being slapped by CISF officer
- 7:47 PM IST, June 6‘NDA to contest Bihar elections under Nitish’s leadership'
- 7:28 PM IST, June 6‘AAP will fight Delhi elections alone’
- 6:34 PM IST, June 6Rahul Gandhi makes big allegation against Centre
- 6:22 PM IST, June 6Election Commission lifts MCC across country
- 6:17 PM IST, June 6‘Biggest stock market scam,' alleges Rahul Gandhi
- 6:01 PM IST, June 6Rahul Gandhi questions PM Modi over stock market
- 5:06 PM IST, June 6High level BJP meeting underway
- 3:06 PM IST, June 6PM Modi's oath ceremony on June 9
- 2:57 PM IST, June 6Congress CEC meeting on June 8
- 2:38 PM IST, June 6Was Chirag Paswan approached by INDIA bloc?
Election results highlights: Hectic discussions are underway for Narendra Modi's anticipated third term. BJP leaders Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh are at party president JP Nadda's residence in Delhi. All BJP MPs and CMs have been called to Delhi tonight for a meeting at 10:30am on Friday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi submitted his resignation to President Droupadi Murmu. He is set to take the oath for third term, likely on Sunday, after coalition partner assure their support. Wednesday saw intense negotiations and key meetings by both the Congress-led INDIA alliance and the BJP-led NDA as no single party secured a mandate to form the government on its own....Read More
Lok Sabha elections 2024 results
A simple majority of 272 seats is required to form the government. According to the Election Commission of India, the BJP won 240 seats, significantly lower than its 2019 tally of 303. The Congress made substantial gains, winning 99 seats. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured 293 seats, while the INDIA bloc crossed the 230 mark, posing stiff competition and defying predictions.
NDA bloc meeting: Who attended? What happened?
1. Narendra Modi was chosen as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in a meeting held in the national capital. This paves the way for his third consecutive term as Prime Minister.
2. Top BJP leaders, including JP Nadda, Amit Shah, and Rajnath Singh, met with NDA allies such as Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu to discuss the formation of the new government.
3. After attending the NDA meeting, TDP chief Chandrababu Naidu confirmed his party's support for the alliance, ensuring their participation in the new government.
4. The attendance of leaders like Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu is crucial for BJP, as the party fell 32 seats short of the majority mark of 272 in the Lok Sabha elections.
5. The meeting saw participation from key allies including Shiv Sena's Eknath Shinde, JD(S)'s HD Kumaraswamy, Janasena's Pawan Kalyan, LJP's Chirag Paswan, and NCP's Praful Patel, others.
INDIA bloc meeting: Who attended? What happened?
1. After the INDIA bloc meeting on Wednesday, Congress Ppresident Mallikarjun Kharge thanked the people for their support.
2. Kharge said the INDIA bloc would continue to fight against the BJP's "fascist rule" under PM Modi.
3. He mentioned that the people's mandate was a response to the BJP's politics of hate, corruption, price rises, unemployment, and crony capitalism.
4. The INDIA bloc aims to defend the Indian Constitution and save democracy, Kharge added.
5. Several INDIA bloc leaders participated in the meeting held at the Congress president's house including Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav, Trinamool Congress general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, Rashtriya Janata Dal's Tejashwi Yadav, others.
