The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Parliamentary Party will meet here today to formally elect BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) prime minister- designate Narendra Modi as its leader.
The meeting will be held at the Central Hall of Parliament. This will be followed by a meeting of NDA allies.
After Modi’s election as the Parliamentary Party leader, the BJP-led NDA will stake claim to form a new government at the Centre.
Meanwhile, hectic consultations continued in the BJP for the second consecutive day yesterday ahead of government formation in New Delhi. A stream of leaders met Narendra Modi, Rajnath Singh and senior RSS functionaries.
Visitors to Modi, who is camping at Gujarat Bhavan , included senior leaders Sushma Swaraj, Arun Jaitley, Amit Shah and Kalyan Singh. YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy also met Modi and said that new Prime Minister should be pro-active. (ANI)