INDIA: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Elected As Leader Of Coalition And Set To Form New Government. He Was Sworn In As PM Today For A Historic Third Term To Serve Another 5 Years.

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Al Jazeera English published June 9, 2024: India’s Narendra Modi sworn in as country’s prime minister for a third term. India's prime minister Narendra Modi has been sworn in for a third term. The governing National Democratic Alliance elected him as its leader on Friday. Modi's BJP fell short of a majority in the polls, and had to find allies to form a coalition government. Al Jazeera’s Stefanie Dekker reports.

Al Jazeera English published June 9, 2024: India's prime minister Narendra Modi has been sworn in for a third term. The governing National Democratic Alliance elected him as its leader on Friday. Modi's BJP fell short of a majority in the polls, and has to find allies to form a coalition government. Arfa Khanum Sherwani is a senior editor at the Wire, an Indian news and opinion website. She says Modi's third term will be challenging.

Firstpost published June 9, 2024: Modi 3.0 Roadmap For The First 100 Days. Vantage with Palki Sharma.

India has a new government in place but that's only the start. The focus now will be on the first 100 days. It is said that they can make or break a government. It's a crucial period and governments can do a lot with it. They can signal their priorities; they can take bold decisions and they can build momentum for the next 5 years. So, what will the first 100 days of this government look like? Will there be more focus on coalition partners? Will they shape the government's policies? Will Modi 3.0 continue to focus on development or will welfare schemes get a boost? Palki Sharma looks at the road ahead.

Associated Press

India’s Modi elected as leader of coalition and set to form new government

written by Krutika Pathi

Friday June 7, 2024

NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday was formally elected leader of the National Democratic Alliance coalition, which won the most seats in the national election after his political party failed to win a majority on its own.

The 73-year-old leader, who will be sworn in as prime minister on Sunday for a rare third term, will now form a coalition government.

Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party has governed India as part of the NDA coalition over the past decade, but this is the first time under his leadership that the party has needed support from its regional allies to form a government.

“This alliance of ours reflects India’s spirit in its true sense,” Modi said after the BJP and coalition members backed him as their prime ministerial candidate. “We were neither defeated nor are we defeated ... it was an NDA government in the past, still is and will be,” he added.

Full results from India’s marathon election, which began in mid-April, were released Wednesday. The BJP won 240 seats, well below the 272 needed for a majority in a stunning outcome. Together, the parties in the NDA coalition bagged 293 seats in the 543-member lower house of parliament.

Meanwhile Modi’s political challenger, the INDIA alliance led by the Congress party, put up a stronger-than-expected fight doubling its strength from the last election to win 232 seats.

Before Modi was formally elected as the NDA leader, local media reported that the two key regional allies which can make or break his coalition government — the Telugu Desam Party in southern Andhra Pradesh state and Janata Dal (United) in eastern Bihar state — were eyeing posts in important ministries, some of which the BJP have held so far.

On Thursday, the newly emboldened opposition ramped up pressure on Modi and the BJP. In a news conference, the Congress party’s main campaigner Rahul Gandhi demanded a parliamentary investigation into what he called the “biggest stock market scam,” alleging that Modi and other top BJP ministers misled retail investors who ended up losing money.

India’s two main benchmark stock indexes hit new highs on Monday after exit polls predicted a BJP sweep, but dropped sharply on Tuesday to close down more than 5% as early vote figures trickled in.

In television interviews last month, Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah said the markets would surge when results were declared on June 4.

The BJP denied Gandhi’s accusations of a ploy between the party and exit pollsters and accused the Congress leader of trying to discourage investors.