Lok Sabha election results 2024: NDA meeting to be held on June 7 in Delhi, to discuss government formation

The meeting of the newly elected MPs of the National Democratic Alliance NDA led by the Bharatiya Janata Party BJP will be held on June 7 in the national capital sources told ANI on WednesdayAccording to the sources discussions will be held on the government formation by the NDA reported ANIEarlier today the union cabinet in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi recommended the dissolution of the cabinet whose term ends on June 16According to the sources as the Telugu Desam Party TDP and the Janata DalUnited JDU the potential kingmakers have given the green signal the formation of the Bharatiya Janata Party BJPled National Democratic Alliance NDA government and the swearingin ceremony of PM Modi is likely to take place on June 8 reported ANIBoth parties are expected to submit formal letters of support to the BJP during a meeting of the alliance which is scheduled to be held today at 330 pm reported ANIAs per the Lok Sabha election results 2024 the Election Commission of India has declared results for 542 of the 543 Lok Sabha constituencies with the BJP winning 240 seats and the Congress 99The BJP victory tally was much lower than its 2019 tally of 303 and the 282 seats it had won in 2014 The Congress on the other hand registered a strong growth winning 99 seats compared to 52 that it had won in 2019 and 44 seats in 2014The INDIA bloc crossed the 230 mark posing stiff competition and defying all predictions from exit pollsPrime Minister Narendra Modi has secured a third term but the BJP will need to rely on the support of other parties in his coalition JD U chief Nitish Kumar and TDPs chief Chandrababu NaiduThe BJP fell 32 seats short of the 272 majority mark after votes polled in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections were counted For the first time since the Bharatiya Janata Party swept to power in 2014 it did not secure a majority on its ownMeanwhile the opposition INDIA bloc will also meet today with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge calling alliance leaders for the meet at his house Having witnessed a favourable outcome in the Lok Sabha election results 2024 the leaders of the INDIA bloc will strategise their next moveEarlier on Tuesday Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked the people for the mandate and said BJPled NDA will form its third successive government and that it is the victory of the resolve of Viksit Bharat of Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas and of the strong faith of people in Indias Constitution reported ANIOn this sacred day it is confirmed that NDA is forming the government for the third time We are grateful to the people they reposed full faith in the BJP and NDA This is the victory of the worlds largest democracy it is a victory of strong faith in Indias Constitution it is the victory of the resolve of Viksit Bharat It is the victory of Sabka Sath Sabka Vikas he said in his address at the BJP headquarters on Tuesday reported ANIWith inputs from ANI