India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to be sworn in on Sunday for a third term after worse-than-expected election results left him reliant on coalition partners to govern.
India 's Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to be sworn in on Sunday for a third term after worse-than-expected election results left him reliant on coalition partners to govern.
He was instead forced into quick-fire talks with the 15-member coalition, the National Democratic Alliance , which guaranteed him the parliamentary numbers to govern.Larger coalition parties have demanded hefty concessions in exchange for their support.The Hindustan Times described days of"hectic talks", while the Times of India said the BJP had sought to"pare down" their partners' demands.
It suggests that top Modi aides Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Nitin Gadkari - interior, defence and transport ministers respectively - will be in the new team. Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, as well as leaders including those of Bhutan, Nepal and the Maldives, are due to attend the ceremony and following state banquet.Modi's chief rival, Rahul Gandhi, was nominated on Saturday to lead India's opposition in parliament, after he defied analysts' forecasts to help the Congress party nearly double its parliamentary numbers.
Gandhi is the scion of the dynasty that dominated Indian politics for decades and is the son, grandson and great-grandson of former prime ministers, beginning with independence leader Jawaharlal Nehru.
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