President Kovind invites Narendra Modi to form next government of India

Newly elected MPs of the BJP-led NDA will meet on Saturday to formally elect Prime Minister Narendra Modi as their leader. The meeting will take place in Parliament's Central Hall at 5 pm. Sealing its phenomenal electoral victory, the Narendra Modi-led BJP crossed the 303 mark when the polling officials unboxed the Electronic Voting Machines and started the mega counting that commenced at 8 am on May 23. With this, the BJP has become the first non-Congress party in the history of independent India to win more than 300 seats in the Lok Sabha Elections. 

Rahul Gandhi is likely to tender his resignation at the high-profile Congress Working Committee meeting today. Buzz over Gandhi’s resignation has been doing rounds since the May 23 verdict.

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