Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be sworn in for a third term on the evening of June 9, the spokesperson of the second largest party in his National Democratic Alliance (NDA) told Reuters.
Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA won 293 seats in the general election held over the last seven weeks.
Modi will be only the second person after India’s independence hero and first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru to hold office for three consecutive terms.
Modi was expected to visit President Droupadi Murmu with allied party leaders on Friday to seek her formal approval to form the next government, Press Trust of India reported.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) supporting Modi’s third term ambitions “unanimously” chose the 73-year-old premier as leader on Wednesday.
The alliance holds 293 parliamentary seats, giving it control of the 543-seat body.
Modi’s party has not revealed what concessions alliance members were given to secure their support, but several larger parties were seeking plum ministerial portfolios.
