Lucknow: Ahead of Narendra Modi's swearing-in as Prime Minister for a third consecutive term on Sunday, Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav took a dig at Modi 3.0, stating that a government stuck in limbo is not a government. In a post on social media platform X, the SP chief wrote in Hindi, "Upar se juda koi taar nahin, neeche koi adhaar nahin, adhar mein joh ataki hue woh toh koi sarkaar nahin," which translates to, "The government stuck in limbo is not a government."
Newly elected members of parliament, who are likely to be included in the new Cabinet and Council of Ministers of the Narendra Modi-led government, were invited for high tea at the Prime Minister's residence on Sunday afternoon ahead of the oath-taking ceremony later in the evening. Modi will be sworn in as the Prime Minister of India for a historic third time at 7:15 pm today.
BJP leaders Nirmala Sitharaman and Sarbananda Sonowal were seen arriving at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, the residence of Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi, to attend the tea meeting. Other prominent BJP leaders, including Amit Shah, JP Nadda, Rajnath Singh, Kiren Rijiju, Jyotiraditya Scindia, Manohar Lal Khattar, and Shivraj Singh Chouhan, were also present at the meeting.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) unanimously passed a resolution to elect Narendra Modi as their leader on June 5.
In another development 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, surprising the party. Following this, Yadav initiated steps to revoke the membership of these seven MLAs. An official letter is being prepared by the party and will soon be submitted 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, 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 in the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh.
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