PM Modi Meets Veteran BJP Leaders Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi Ahead Of His Sunday Swearing-In

After attending the key NDA parliamentary party meeting on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met veteran BJP leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi at their residence in Delhi ahead of the Sunday swearing-in ceremony of the two-time PM after his re-election.

His meetings with the top BJP leaders came shortly before his schedule to meet President Droupadi Murmu to present her with the list of parliamentarians supporting him and stake a claim to form the government. “Went to Advani Ji’s residence and sought his blessings. Every @BJP4India Karyakarta is inspired by Advani Ji’s monumental efforts to strengthen the Party,” Modi wrote in a post on X.

#WATCH | PM Narendra Modi meets Bharat Ratna and veteran BJP leader LK Advani at the latter’s residence in Delhi. pic.twitter.com/fZtIlOj5yw

Newly elected MPs of the BJP-led NDA today met at the old Parliament building to elect Modi as their leader, paving the way for him to take oath as the country’s PM for the third term. As the NDA leaders gathered at Parliament to name Modi as the alliance’s leader, Bihar CM Nitish and TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu pledged their support to the Modi-led NDA government.

“Called on Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi Ji. I have learnt so much from him when I was working in the Party organisation. He is greatly respected across India for his wisdom and knowledge,” Modi said in a post on X.

Earlier today, PM Modi addressed the Parliamentary meeting that elected him as the NDA leader. As the meeting began, senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh proposed Narendra Modi’s name as the leader of the BJP and National Democratic Alliance in Lok Sabha. Senior members of the alliance like TDP’s Chandrababu Naidu, JD(U)’s Nitish Kumar and Shiv Sena’s Eknath Shinde, who vowed support to the NDA government, will join the PM for a meeting with President Murmu.

Modi will be sworn in as PM for the third time over the weekend. The NDA has 293 MPs, comfortably above the majority mark of 272 in the 543-member Lok Sabha. Senior BJP leaders, including Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and J P Nadda, have also been holding talks with BJP allies to work out an amicable formula for their share of representation in the new government.