President asks Modi to decide council of ministers, date of swearing-in ceremony

President Ram Nath Kovind Saturday asked Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi to decide the council of ministers and the date of his swearing-in ceremony.

Kovind requested Modi to advise him about the names ofothers to be appointed members of the Union Council of Ministers; and indicatethe date and time of the swearing-in ceremony to be held at the RashtrapatiBhavan, a communique issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan said.

   

Modi was formally intimated when he called on the presidentat the Rashtrapati Bhavan this evening in his capacity as the leader of the BJPParliamentary Party, which has majority support in the House of the Peoplefollowing the general election to the 17th Lok Sabha, the communique said.

Earlier in the day, a delegation of the National DemocraticAlliance led by BJP president Amit Shah and comprising Parkash Singh Badal,Rajnath Singh, Nitish Kumar, Ram Vilas Paswan, Sushma Swaraj, Uddhav Thakeray,Nitin Gadkari, K Palaniswami, Conrad Sangma and Neiphiu Rio, called on thepresident at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the communique said.

A letter stating that Narendra Modi has been elected leaderof the BJP Parliamentary Party was handed over to the president, it said.”Letters of support from NDA constituentparties were also handed over to the president,” the communique said.

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