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‘There has been a pro-incumbency wave this year,’ says Modi after being elected leader of NDA

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The prime minister is likely to meet President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday evening to stake claim to form the new government.
Newly elected MPs of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance met on Saturday to formally elect Prime Minister Narendra Modi as their leader to head the new government. The meeting was held in Central Hall of Parliament around 6 pm.
The prime minister is likely to meet President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday evening to stake claim to form the new government, PTI reported, quoting unidentified officials.
“This is the beginning of achieving our resolution to build a New India,” Modi said addressing the NDA parliamentary meeting. “We must move ahead with new energy but at the same time also understand the Indian democracy… The conscience of the Indian voter is unparalleled, the voter never respects those hungry for power.”
The BJP leader said the NDA must walk “shoulder-to-shoulder” and that he is happy to be the one who takes the blame if anything goes wrong. “You [NDA members] have chosen me your leader, I think it is only part of the process. But I am one of you, just an equal,” he said.
People did not only vote for the BJP in 2014, they also showed the government the way…they were participants, Modi said. “When people have faith, instead of anti-incumbency, there is a pro-incumbency wave,” he added.
There is an increase of at least 25% in the number of votes the BJP got in 2014 and 2019, the prime minister said, adding that his party got as many more votes this time as the entire share of votes Donald Trump got in the United States presidential election in 2016. “In 17 states, the voters gave more than 50% votes to the BJP,” he said. “When I was campaigning I realised that the it is not Modi or BJP that is contesting the elections, it is the people of the country.

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