In a short while from now, the BJP’s veteran leader LK Advani will propose the name of Narendra Modi for Prime Minister. The party’s other newly-elected MPs will endorse that and Mr Modi will be set to stake claim to form government. (Track Live Updates Here )Before he meets President Pranab Mukherjee at 3.15 in the afternoon to stake claim, the BJP’s 18 partners in its national alliance, the NDA, will also elect him their leader. The BJP has won 336 of the 543 seats in the Lok Sabha with its allies. (Elections 2014: Detailed Results here)
Mr Modi is expected to be sworn in as the country’s 15th Prime Minister between Sunday next, May 25, and Tuesday, May 27, sources have said. A date is yet to be formally announced for the ceremony. ( PMO’s 10 Point Priority List for Narendra Modi )
Mr Advani had publicly protested against Mr Modi’s elevation as the BJP’s election campaign chief and also his being named the party’s prime ministerial candidate before Assembly elections were held last year. He had also sought to shift out of Gandhinagar in Mr Modi’s Gujarat, a seat he then won five times, to contest from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh. (Election Results 2014: From Advani, Flowers and a Hug for Modi )
Like he has been prevailed upon today to project a united BJP face by proposing Mr Modi’s name for Prime Minister, Mr Advani had been talked into contesting from Gandhinagar. He won by a huge margin.
Mr Modi has been camped in Delhi since Sunday holding multiple meetings to finalise his cabinet and decide on what role Mr Advani and other leaders who are close to him, will have in his government. Mr Advani has reportedly expressed interest in being the Lok Sabha Speaker, a constitutional post that does not report to the PM.
Mr Modi will return to Gujarat later today for a public meeting in his assembly constituency Maninagar, which he will give up to move to Delhi.
On Wednesday, Mr Modi will resign as Gujarat chief minister and MLA and party legislators will elect their next chief minister. Sources say senior Gujarat minister Anandi Ben, who is close to Mr Modi, is the top contender for the post Mr Modi has held since 2001.
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