Narendra Modi will take oath as Prime Minister at 6 PM on May 26. BJP president Rajnath Singh announced this after meeting the President Pranab Mukherjee with NDA leaders, led by L K Advani to stake claim to form the government. Modi presented the President a bouquet who in turn greeted the Prime Minister-designate with a bouquet.
Mukherjee congratulated Modi on the grand victory.
Earlier the BJP’s Prime Ministerial candidate was elected as the NDA group leader. The 29 party pre-poll alliance of NDA elected Modi as the NDA group leader. Before this Modi was unanimously elected as BJP parliamentary group leader after senior BJP leader L K Advani proposed his name.