PM Modi, Cabinet submit resignation; President Murmu accepts

Prime Minister Narendra Modi resigned along with his Cabinet, tendering their resignation to President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan. President Murmu accepted the resignation and requested PM Modi to continue until the new government takes ...

By ET Online | Updated: Jun 05, 2024, 07.37 PM IST

A day after results were declared, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday tendered his resignation along with Cabinet to President Droupadi Murmu, said Rashtrapati Bhavan in its official statement.

The statement added that President Murmu has accepted PM Modi's resignation. She further requested him to continue till new government assumes office, added Rashtrapati Bhavan.

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The resignation comes before PM Modi takes oath again for third time.

Earlier during the day, PM Modi chaired the last cabinet meeting of 17th Lok Sabha. The said meeting was held to take stock of the Lok Sabha election results and likely government formation following the BJP-led NDA winning a majority of seats in the house.

Additionally, the cabinet also recommend the dissolution of the current Lok Sabha. The term of the current 17th Lok Sabha ends on June 16.

The BJP on its own got 240 seats and the NDA a clear majority in the 543-member house, while the principal opposition party Congress bagged 99 seats.

(with agency inputs)

Lok Sabha Election Results: Smriti Irani to Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union ministers who lost

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One of the biggest shocks and high profile defeats from Uttar Pradesh came from Smriti Irani's Amethi where the Union Minister lost to Congress' Kishori Lal Sharma by a margin of 1,67,196 votes. In 2019, Irani famously defeated Rahul Gandhi in this very seat by a huge margin but failed to retain her power five years later when Congress changed its strategy and fielded Sharma, a seasoned leader in the constituency, against the minster of women and child development.