NDA government formed, Assembly session live updates, June 7: With Narendra Modi expected to be sworn in as Prime Minister for a third consecutive term on Sunday night, newly elected National Democratic Alliance (NDA) lawmakers are in Parliament to chart out a government. All eyes will be on the Bharatiya Janata Party’s balancing act with its new-found ally at the Centre. Modi, along with NDA leaders including TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and Bihar Chief Minister and JD (United) leader Nitish Kumar, are scheduled to meet President Drupadi Murmu today to formally stake their claim to form the government.
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What are the latest trends? For now, all the news seems to be good for the Congress. Rebel candidate Vishal Patil, who won from the Sangli Assembly seat, declared his support for the Grand Old Party, Block India, and Maha Vikas Aghadi, which reached 100 votes in the Lok Sabha late on Thursday. Meanwhile, at a press conference yesterday, Rahul Gandhi He called for an investigation into the sudden rise in stock prices. Following the exit poll results and the sharp drop in stock prices on the day the election results were announced, he called it the “biggest fraud” in the history of the Indian stock market.
Where are the numbers? Following Tuesday’s results, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance won 293 seats, while the opposition Indian Alliance had 234. Of these, the BJP has 240 seats, while the Congress increased its tally to 100 on Thursday night.
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