Published 15:22 IST, May 26th 2019
'Our only loyalty is to the Constitution,' says PM Narendra Modi bowing down to it in the Parliament
After being chosen to lead the country for a second term as the Prime Minister following the stupendous victory of his party BJP in the Lok Sabha elections, PM Narendra Modi posted on Instagram about being committed to the Constitution and its values.
After being chosen to lead the country for a second term as the Prime Minister following the stupendous victory of his party BJP in the Lok Sabha elections, PM-elect Narendra Modi posted on Instagram about being committed to the Constitution and its values.
"Our only loyalty is to the Constitution and the values enshrined in it," he wrote in the caption.
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He is scheduled to visit his mother Heeraben Modi at her residence in Gujarat to seek her blessings. Taking to Twitter on Saturday, he announced the same. He also stated that on Monday, he will be visiting Kashi to thank the people for "reposing their faith in him".
A day after being appointed Prime Minister for a second term, Narendra Modi on Sunday called on Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu at his official residence in New Delhi. Venkaiah Naidu greeted him on being elected as the leader of the NDA and the next Prime Minister.
Venkaiah Naidu and Modi discussed many issues, including accelerating development and strengthening Parliamentary institutions, over breakfast.
Prime Minister-elect Modi was on Saturday appointed prime minister by President Ram Nath Kovind after he was unanimously elected NDA parliamentary party leader at a meeting in which he asked coalition members to work without discrimination, stressing on the need to win the trust of minorities.
In the general election, he led the BJP-led NDA to a landslide victory with the alliance winning 353 seats, including an unprecedented 303 by the BJP.
Updated 16:08 IST, May 26th 2019