"Our 20 MPs and 1 Rajya Sabha MP will attend NDA meeting in Delhi": Odisha BJP state president Manmohan Samal
Jun 06, 2024
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 6 : As National Democratic Alliance (NDA)-led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to hold a meeting of its newly elected MPs at the central hall of the Parliament on Friday, Odisha BJP state president Manmohan Samal confirmed that 20 Lok Sabha MPs and 1 Rajya Sabha MP will attend the meeting tomorrow.
Speaking to ANI, Manmohan Samal said, "There will be a meeting of all the newly elected MPs tomorrow, for which we are also going to Delhi. Our 20 Lok Sabha MPs and 1 Rajya Sabha MP are going to Delhi."
Earlier, TDP's Ongole MP Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy said that the newly elected TDP MPs will attend the NDA meeting scheduled to be held in New Delhi on Friday.
Notably, NDA led by the BJP is holding a key meeting of its newly elected MPs at the central hall of the Parliament on Friday.
As per the sources, discussions will be held on government formation by the grand alliance. This comes after the NDA crossed the majority mark bagging 293 seats in the Lok Sabha polls. However, the BJP managed to secure only 240 seats, much lower than its 2019 tally.
Earlier on Wednesday, leaders of parties in the NDA held a meeting and elected Prime Minister Narendra Modi as their leader.
Meanwhile, Narendra Modi is likely to take oath as the Prime Minister for the third consecutive time on June 9, according to sources.
Earlier there was speculation that the swearing-in ceremony of the new NDA government led by PM Modi would take place on Saturday. However, there is no official confirmation yet of the date of the oath-taking ceremony.
As per the results announced by the Election Commission of India on Tuesday, the BJP won 240 seats and along with its allies, it stands at 293 seats. Chandrababu Naidu's TDP and Nitish Kumar's JDU, having won 16 and 12 seats respectively in their respective states, have extended support to the NDA.
The INDIA bloc has 234 MPs in the new parliament with the Congress having won 99 seats.
