Narendra Modi resigns as PM, swearing-in ceremony likely on June 8

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The BJP won in 240 seats and needed the help of its allies to go past the 272 majority mark needed for government formation...

Narendra Modi is likely to be sworn-in as the Prime Minister for a third consecutive term on June 8 as the NDA scraped past the majority mark to win 292 seats, sources said...

President Droupadi Murmu accepted the resignation of Modi as Prime Minister and the Council of Ministers..

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

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 matters related to the formation of the next government, sources said...

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