By Seun Opejobi The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi on Wednesday resigned his position. Modi submitted his resignation ...
By Seun Opejobi
The Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi on Wednesday
resigned his position.
Modi submitted his resignation to India’s President Droupadi
Murmu after his cabinet recommended the dissolution of the lower house of
parliament Lok Sabha.
Accepting his resignation, President Murmu requested that
Modi continue in office until the new government is formed.
According to an official of the President’s House, Modi’s
resignation was a part of the protocol followed before the formation of the next
government in the country.
The Election Commission of India released the official data
on its website early Wednesday, suggesting that the ruling National Democratic
Alliance, led by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, is to form the next government.
This is coming when Modi had declared an election victory
following his coalition winning more than half of parliamentary seats, with
votes still being counted.
This comes after a six-week-long election, where nearly 1
billion people were eligible to vote.
Addressing his followers at the headquarters of his
Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, in New Delhi, Modi said the National Democratic
Alliance “is going to form the government for the third time, we are grateful
to the people, this is a victory for the world’s largest democracy.”
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