Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Swearing-In Ceremony Likely On June 8 Evening

For a third consecutive term on June 8 Narendra Modi is likely to be sworn-in as the Prime Minister.

Modi will be the second leader to retain power for a third term after former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, if NDA forms the government.

Earlier in the day, PM Modi chaired a meeting of the Union Cabinet to take stock of the Lok Sabha election results and also discussed about the formation of the next government, according to the media sources.

The meeting at the Prime Minister’s residence started at 11.30 am. This is the last meeting of the Modi 2.0 Cabinet and Council of Ministers. The Cabinet will also recommend the dissolution of the current Lok Sabha whose term ends on June 16.

Meanwhile, senior leaders of the NDA started arriving in Delhi for a meeting of the alliance that is likely to take place at 4 pm. The NDA leaders are likely to deliberate on the details of government formation.

JD(U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Telugu Desam Party president Chandrababu Naidu, who is set to become the next Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister, will attend the meeting.