Modi calls on Prez,16th LS to be dissolved

New Delhi, May 24

The Union Cabinet today passed a resolution recommending dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha as the Union Council of Ministers tendered collective resignation. 

Later, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Ram Nath Kovind and tendered the resignation.

“The President has accepted the resignation and requested Modi and the Council of Ministers to continue till the new government assumes office,” the Rashtrapati Bhavan said.

In a separate meeting of the Council of Ministers, where the PM was not present, the members passed a resolution praising the leadership of Modi and the work done in the past five years. The Modi government had taken oath on May 26, 2014.

The President is expected to dissolve the present Lok Sabha anytime now as its term ends on June 3.

The process to form a new House will be initiated when the CEC and Election Commissioners meet the President in the next few days to hand over the list of newly-elected members. The BJP MPs are expected to meet tomorrow to formally elect Modi as their leader. — TNS