Ahead of Narendra Modi’s third consecutive term as Prime Minister, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav criticized Modi 3.0, stating that a government stuck in limbo isn’t a government.
In a Hindi post on social media platform X, Yadav wrote, “Upar se juda koi taar nahin, neeche koi adhaar nahin, adhar mein joh ataki hue woh toh koi sarkaar nahin (The government stuck in limbo is not a government).”
Newly elected members of parliament who are potential candidates for the new Cabinet and Council of Ministers were invited for high tea at the Prime Minister’s residence ahead of the oath-taking ceremony in the evening. Modi is set to be sworn in as Prime Minister for the third time at 7:15 pm.
BJP leaders, including Nirmala Sitharaman and Sarbananda Sonowal, were seen arriving at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg for the tea meeting. Other BJP leaders like Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Rajnath Singh, Kiren Rijiju, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Manohar Lal Khattar, and Shivraj Singh Chouhan also attended the gathering.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) unanimously passed a resolution on June 5 to elect Narendra Modi as their leader.
Earlier on June 9, sources in the Samajwadi Party revealed that seven SP MLAs, including Chief Whip Manoj Pandey, supported the BJP’s candidate during the Rajya Sabha elections. Following this, Yadav initiated steps to revoke their membership, and an official letter is being prepared by the party for submission to the UP Legislative Assembly Speaker.
The list of these seven MLAs includes Rakesh Pratap Singh from Amethi Gauriganj, Manoj Pandey from Raebareli Unchahar, Rakesh Pandey from Ambedkarnagar, Pooja Pal from Prayag, Vinod Chaturvedi, Ashutosh Verma, and Abhay Singh.
According to the Election Commission of India, in the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party (SP) won 37 seats, the BJP won 33, Congress won 6, Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) won 2, and Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) and Apna Dal (Soneylal) won 1 seat each.