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TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu will be sworn in as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for the third time on June 12, party sources said on Friday.
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Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance bloc members attend a press conference, after a meeting, in New Delhi, India, June 5, 2024.
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The initial signs of trouble emerged after the first I.N.D.I.A. meeting following Lok Sabha elections on Wednesday when Trinamool Congress appeared to indicate its intentions to form a ginger group within the bloc to push scouting for potential allies to overthrow the Modi government.
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President Droupadi Murmu offers curd to NDA Parliamentary Party leader Narendra Modi after appointing the latter as Prime Minister-designate during a meeting at the Rashtrapati Bhavan ahead of government formation, in New Delhi, Friday, June 7, 2024.
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President Droupadi Murmu on Friday invited Narendra Modi to form the government for the third consecutive time, after letters of support were submitted by leaders of the National Democratic Alliance parties as well as the BJP Parliamentary Party, electing him as their leader. Swearing in for the third Modi government will now take place on Sunday at 7:15 pm.
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Mallikarjun Kharge, president of the Congress party, speaks to Sonia Gandhi during a press conference at the party's headquarters in New Delhi.
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Sources said existing Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi is likely to be re-elected in the meeting to be attended by Rajya Sabha MPs and newly-elected Lok Sabha MPs, despite the 76-year-old leader being said not to be keen on continuing in the post.
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The first session will commence in the third week of June with the oath-taking by the newly elected candidates as members of the House, the sources said, adding the oath-taking is likely to continue for two days, following which a new Speaker will be elected.
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A meeting will be held at the residence of BJP MP Amit Shah under the leadership of the party's national General Secretary BL Santosh.
"Our wish is the same as the demand of 140 crore people. (Congress MP) Rahul Gandhi has to take the position as Leader of Opposition (in the Lok Sabha)," says Telangana CM Revanth Reddy.
In Kharge’s opening remarks at the extended CWC meeting in New Delhi, he said, "We must be disciplined, must be united. The people have reposed their faith back in us in substantial measures and we must build on it. We accept this verdict with genuine humility."
"While we celebrate the revival, we should pause a little as in some states we have not performed to our abilities and expectations. Further, we could not repeat our performance in states where we had previously done well in Vidhan Sabha elections and formed the government," he added.
He further said, "We will soon be holding separate discussions on each such state. We have to take urgent remedial measures. These are states which have traditionally favoured Congress, where we have opportunities which we have to harness not for our own advantage but for the benefit of our people. This exercise I propose to hold very soon."
Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi during the extended Congress Working Committee meeting.
"All members have given their proposal to the party president. Rahul ji has requested some time to think. However, we want him to stand as strong Leader of Opposition," said All India Mahila Congress president Alka Lamba.
Several leaders met their own party members and party seniors to strategise and steer their respective fortunes in the days ahead as intense negotiations and lobbying will mark alliance talks from now onwards, as reality sets in of Modi's third-term.
Congress leaders including Ajay Maken, Shashi Tharoor arrived for the meeting of the Congress Parliamentary Party in the Central Hall of Parliament, Delhi. In Kolkata, TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee reached the residence of West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata along with other senior TMC leaders. Meanwhile, in Bihar, JD(U) leader Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh was seen arriving at the residence of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar in New Delhi.
West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has been elected as All India Trinamool Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson.
Party MP Sudip Bandyopadhyay was elected as the leader of party in Lok Sabha, Dr Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar as the Deputy leader of Lok Sabha and Kalyan Banerjee as Chief Whip in the lower house for the party.
TMC MP Derek O'Brien is the new leader of the party in Rajya Sabha, while party leader Sagarika Ghose was elected as Deputy leader and Nadimul Haque as the Chief Whip in RS.
Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge, party MP Rahul Gandhi and other party leaders present.
After this mandate, Narendra Modi should not become PMTMC chief Mamata Banerjee
When asked if she will attend the swearing-in ceremony of PM-designate Narendra Modi, West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee says, "I have not received (the invitation), nor will I go."
Earlier, Congress Parliamentary Party meeting: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge proposed the name of Sonia Gandhi for the post of chairperson of the Congress Parliamentary Party (CPP). Party leaders Gaurav Gogoi, Tariq Anwar, K Sudhakaran seconded the proposal.
I have not been invited to the swearing-in, so I'll be watching the (India vs Pakistan) matchCongress leader Shashi Tharoor on Modi's swearing-in ceremony
PM-Designate Modi will take the Prime Minister's oath for the third consecutive term on June 9, 7.15 pm
"Nitish Kumar is the founder of the INDI alliance. When the Congress party was politically untouchable, the leaders of Aam Aadmi Party, Samajwadi Party, BRS and TMC were not ready to sit with the Congress party leaders. Nitish Kumar ended it by holding a meeting in Patna... All the regional allies were in favour of making Nitish Kumar the convenor, but as part of a conspiracy, Arvind Kejriwal and Mamata Banerjee recommended the name of Mallikarjun Kharge for the post of Prime Minister, while it was decided that there would be no PM face. A senior Congress leader questioned Nitish Kumar's becoming the convenor — such an insult was not acceptable to us. We understood their intention and JD(U) broke its ties with the INDI alliance and joined the NDA..." said Tyagi