OPINION | DECKS CLEARED FOR MODI AS PM: OPPOSITION CAN ONLY WAIT AND WATCH

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Decks have been cleared for Narendra Modi to take oath as Prime Minister for the third term, in the presence of several top heads of states. He was elected leader of National Democratic Alliance on Wednesday, which has won 292 seats in the Lok Sabha elections. President Droupadi Murmu hosted a farewell dinner for the outgoing ministers in Rashtrapati Bhavan on Wednesday evening. INDIA bloc leaders attended a meeting at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence, where they decided to sit in the opposition for now and adopt a ‘wait and watch’ policy. Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu said, his party would continue to remain in NDA and there should be no confusion on this issue. JD-U chief Nitish Kumar also said his party would continue to stay in NDA. Both these leaders are presently in the ‘kingmaker’ role.