Modi meets Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi before staking claim as PM for 3rd time

Modi visits Advani soon after being chosen as leader of NDA parliamentary party

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Updated At : 09:13 PM Jun 07, 2024 IST

New Delhi, June 7

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veterans L K Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi at their residences here on Friday, before staking claim to form the government at the Centre for a third consecutive term.

Modi visited Advani soon after being chosen as the leader of the NDA parliamentary party, leader of the BJP parliamentary party and BJP in the Lok Sabha. After meeting Advani, he went to the residence of Joshi, a former president of the BJP.

Subsequently, Modi also met former president Ram Nath Kovind.

Modi was later scheduled to go to the Rashtrapati Bhawan to call on President Droupadi Murmu for staking claim to form the government.

While the BJP has got 240 seats, the National Democratic Alliance has got 293 seats and enjoys majority in the 543-member Lok Sabha.

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