'3rd Term' Modi's Inauguration Ceremony as Indian Prime Minister to be Held on the 9th

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold his inauguration ceremony and begin his third term on the 9th (local time).

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is giving a speech at the party headquarters in New Delhi on the 4th (local time). / Photo by Yonhap News

According to Indian media and major foreign news outlets on the 7th (local time), Pralhad Joshi, a senior leader of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Prime Minister Modi, announced at the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) meeting led by the BJP held at the old Parliament House in New Delhi that the inauguration ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. on the 9th.

Leaders of NDA-affiliated parties and newly elected members of parliament attending the meeting unanimously elected Modi as the NDA leader.

Earlier, the NDA secured 293 seats out of the total 543 seats in the Lok Sabha in the general election held in seven phases from April 19 to June 1, winning more than half of the seats. However, the NDA failed to achieve the landslide victory it had initially expected. The BJP alone secured only 240 seats.

On the other hand, the opposition political alliance led by the Indian National Congress (INC), the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA), performed well and secured 232 seats. The INC alone won 99 seats.

After failing to secure an outright majority on its own, the BJP negotiated with other parties within the NDA and reached an agreement to form an NDA coalition government centered around Prime Minister Modi.