Narendra Modi was sworn in on Sunday evening for a rare third consecutive term as India’s Prime Minister, relying on his coalition partners after his party failed to win a parliamentary majority in a surprise outcome. Modi took the oath of office, administered by President Droupadi Murmu, at India’s presidential palace Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi.
The 73-year-old popular but polarising leader is only the second Indian prime minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to retain power for a third five-year term.
His Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, which won by landslides in 2014 and 2019, failed to secure a majority to govern on its own in the latest national election. However, Modi's National Democratic Alliance coalition won enough seats to form a government, with him at the helm.
This is the first time the BJP under Modi has needed support from its regional allies to form a government after a decade of commanding the majority in Parliament.
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Jitin Prasada takes oath. Prasad joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on June 9, 2021
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Chandrakant Raghunath Patil better known as C. R. Patil, is a three-time Member of Parliament elected from Navsari in Gujarat. Since 2020, he is also the President of BJP Gujarat State unit.
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Chirag Paswan, Lok Janshakti Party and Ram Vilas Paswan's son takes oath. Won this time from Hajipur seat.
