New Delhi, Jun 7: After President Droupadi Murmu appointed NDA Parliamentary Party leader Narendra Modi as prime minister-designate, leaders of the BJP and those of its coalition partners congratulated him and said the country will scale “new heights” of progress under his leadership in the next five years.
Modi will take oath as prime minister for a third consecutive term on Sunday after Murmu invited him to form the government.
Murmu appointed Modi as prime minister-designate on Friday after BJP chief JP Nadda handed her a letter on Modi’s election as leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party and National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leaders submitted their letters of support.
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) MP Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu asserted that his party will remain part of the NDA and provide its complete support to the coalition government under Modi for nation building, fulfilling regional aspirations and formulation of public welfare schemes.
“We conveyed the same during the NDA meeting also that we will stay with the NDA and there will be no confusion on it in the next five years as the people of Andhra Pradesh have given their mandate to the NDA. The people have given responsibility to us. We will fulfil the duty that people have assigned to us with their mandate and play a significant role,” Naidu said.
Asked if his party had demanded the Lok Sabha speaker’s position for being part of the NDA, the TDP leader said, “We have not made any specific demand. But we definitely want due respect in the NDA.”
He claimed that the Jagan Mohan Reddy government destroyed Andhra Pradesh during its rule and the TDP wants the NDA government at the Centre to provide all possible help for the progress of the state and its people.
The BJP’s Anurag Thakur, reelected from Himachal Pradesh’s Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat, congratulated Modi on being elected as NDA Parliamentary Party leader and said the country will scale new heights of progress under his leadership.
