Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday congratulated Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for leading his party to victory in the Lok Sabha election.
With BJP headed for a big majority in the Lok Sabha, Modi is set to succeed Manmohan Singh as the country's 14th prime minister.
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"Prime Minister Manmohan Singh calls Narendra Modi and congratulated him on his party's victory in the Lok Sabha elections," according to a message on the Twitter handle of the Prime Minister's Office.
Singh, 81, an economist, will retire from politics after 10 years as prime minister in charge of the centre-left Congress government.
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