Narendra Modi to take oath on May 26: Reports
Quoting BJP sources, reports said Modi and his Cabinet will be sworn in on May 26.
Modi was on Tuesday elected as the Leader of the Parliamentary party.
BJP patriarch LK Advani on Tuesday proposed Modi's name as the Leader of the Parliamentary party.
The BJP's Parliamentary Board met at the party's headquarters in central Delhi where it elected Modi as the Leader of the Parliamentary party.
While Advani proposed Modi's name at the meeting, senior leaders like Venkaiah Naidu, Jaitley, Murli Manohar Joshi and Sushma Swaraj supported him.
Modi will later in the day meet President Pranab Mukherjee and stake claim to form the new government.
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