INDIA Block Leaders Not Invited To Modi’…

Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday said that the INDIA bloc has not received an invitation to attend Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s swearing-in ceremony scheduled for June 9.

“Only international leaders have been invited for the swearing-in ceremony. Our leaders have not accepted the invitation. When the leaders of the INDIA alliance accept the invitation, we will think about it,” said the Congress general secretary at a press conference on Saturday.

Can’t be happy with an unconstitutional and illegal party: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said, “I am sorry but I cannot expect an unconstitutional and illegal party to form the government. I wish the best for the country. I will tell all the MPs to strengthen their party…We are not it will destroy your party but there will be disunity in your party from within, people in your party are not happy.

In an earlier social media post, Ramesh claimed that the result of the recent Lok Sabha polls was a “moral, political and personal” setback for Prime Minister Modi.

“The drumbeat to find a silver lining in the mandate that has been a moral, political and personal defeat for Narendra Modi has begun. It is being propagandized that Mr. Narendra Modi is the first to receive a third consecutive mandate after Jawaharlal Nehru,” said the Congress General Secretary on X .

“How he led the party to 240 seats and became one-third of the Pradhan Mantri as a mandate is not explained. Nehru, on the other hand, got 364 seats in 1952, 371 seats in 1957, and 361 seats in 1962 – a 2/3rd majority each time. But he remains a full-fledged democrat, nurturing Parliament with care and persistence,” he said.

“Not a single person since Nehru Modi was sworn in three times – in a row or not. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was sworn in three times in 1996, 1998 and 1999. And Indira Gandhi was sworn in 4 times – in 1966, 1967, 1971 and 1980,” said Ramesh.

In the recently concluded 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the BJP won 240 seats, short of a parliamentary majority in the 543-member House. However, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) collectively secured 293 seats. Congress won 99 seats in the elections.

President Droupadi Murmu is scheduled to administer the oath of office and secrecy to Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi and his council of ministers on June 9 at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled at 7:15 pm on June 9 (Sunday) in front of Rashtrapati Bhavan. After the ceremony, BJP President JP Nadda is expected to host a dinner for all NDA leaders and party officials, according to sources.

(With input from agencies)