NDA meeting: PM Narendra Modi elected as leader of alliance | 5 points from resolution
Hindustan TimesLeaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA on Wednesday – a day after the Lok Sabha election results – “unanimously passed” a resolution electing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the leader of the alliance. Prime Minister Narendra Modi shows a victory sign while posing for a group picture with Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar, Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu, defence minister Rajnath Singh, BJP president JP Nadda, Jana Sena Party chief Pawan Kalyan and others at his residence, 7, LKM, in New Delhi on Wednesday. PM Narendra Modi met for coalition talks after the BJP lost its majority in Lok Sabha, forcing him to rely on allies to form a government for the first time since he stormed to power a decade ago. The NDA meeting was attended by BJP president JP Nadda, BJP leaders Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, BJP's allies, including Janata Dal chief Nitish Kumar, Telugu Desam Party supremo N Chandrababu Naidu, Shiv Sena chief Eknath Shinde, Janata Dal leader HD Kumaraswamy, Janasena Party chief Pawan Kalyan, Lok Janshakti Party chief Chirag Paswan, Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel among others.