Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take oath for a third time on Saturday, reports ndtv.com
The prime minister is understood to have reached Rashtrapati Bhavan to meet President Droupadi Murmu. he is scheduled to resign from the top post and then stake claim to form the government.
The BJP won 240 seats this time - 32 short of the 272-majority mark. It will now rely on the 53 seats won by members of the party-led National Democratic Alliance to seal a third term, among them Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam and Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United).
Earlier in the day, he launched a tree plantation campaign by planting a sapling at the Buddha Jayanti Park to mark the World Environment Day.
Under the campaign, 'Ek Ped Maa Ke Naam', millions of trees will be planted across the country. In a series of posts on X, Modi said he was delighted to launch the campaign.
"This morning, I planted a tree in line with our commitment to protecting Mother Nature and making sustainable lifestyle choices. I urge you all to also contribute to making our planet better," he said.
"It would make you all very happy that in the last decade, India has undertaken numerous collective efforts which have led to increased forest cover across the nation. This is great for our quest towards sustainable development. It is also commendable how local communities have risen to the occasion and taken a lead in this," he added.
The prime minister urged people to plant trees in their mothers' names and share pictures online using #Plant4Mother.
Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav and Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena joined Modi at the event.
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