Narendra Modi likely to take oath as Prime Minister this weekend | June 06, 2024

[00:00:12] Hello, this is your daily dose of news from Onmanorama.

[00:00:16] I am your host Swati Adjad and these are the major news stories of Thursday, June 6, 2024.

[00:00:25] Narendra Modi is likely to take oath as the 16th Prime Minister of India this weekend.

[00:00:29] While sources said swearing-in will be held on Sunday, they say final date and time

[00:00:33] will be finalised, keeping in mind the schedules of world leaders attending the event.

[00:00:40] Lacking a simple majority, the BJP faces significant challenges for the Telugu Desam

[00:00:44] Party and Jantadal United.

[00:00:47] Reports indicate that both the parties have made substantial demands to Amit Shah ahead

[00:00:51] of their NDA meeting.

[00:00:55] With 99 Lok Subha seats amid a strong showing by the India Bloc, Congress is entitled to

[00:00:59] claim the leader of opposition post.

[00:01:02] Calls for Rahul Gandhi to take position are growing louder.

[00:01:08] Two Malayalis were among the nine killed during a trekking expedition to Uttarakhand's

[00:01:12] Sahastrathal lake on Tuesday night.

[00:01:14] The deceased were identified as Asha Sudhakar from Kanyakumari and VK Sindhu from Palakkad.

[00:01:22] Israel hit a Gaza school on Thursday in an airstrike that it said targeted and killed

[00:01:27] Hamas fighters inside, while a Hamas official said 40 people including women and children

[00:01:32] were killed as they sheltered in the UN site.

[00:01:35] Let's get into the details.

[00:01:39] Narendra Modi is likely to take oath as the 16th Prime Minister of India this weekend.

[00:01:44] Sources say the final date and time will be finalised, keeping in mind the schedules

[00:01:47] of world leaders attending the event.

[00:01:50] Top leaders of several neighbouring countries including Sri Lanka and Bangladesh are expected

[00:01:55] to attend the grand ceremony.

[00:01:57] Modi is also to take charge as the Prime Minister for a third consecutive term with

[00:02:01] the Bharat Janta Party-led National Democratic Alliance winning 293 seats in the Lok Subha

[00:02:06] polls.

[00:02:09] With the BJP falling short of a simple majority to form, the government at the

[00:02:13] centre, Telugu Desam party and the Jantadal United are posing formidable challenges

[00:02:18] Reports indicate that both parties have put forth significant demands to Amit Shah ahead

[00:02:24] of the NDA meeting.

[00:02:26] The leaders of NDA constituents convened at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's residence

[00:02:29] on Wednesday and elected him as their leader.

[00:02:33] Notably, Amit Shah who usually stands beside Modi during NDA meetings sat beside

[00:02:37] Rajnath Singh, the BJP president following J P Nardha.

[00:02:40] NDA MPs will meet on June 7th to formally elect Modi as their leader and the alliance

[00:02:45] Congress leaders will then go to the president to submit their letter of support,

[00:02:48] HM leader and former Bihar Chief Minister Jitendra Manchi said after attending the

[00:02:52] meeting.

[00:02:55] With 99 seats in the Lok Subha amid a strong showing by the India block in the general

[00:02:59] elections, the Congress is now entitled to claim the post of leader for position

[00:03:03] in parliament.

[00:03:04] Consequently, calls for Rahul Gandhi to take up the coveted position are growing

[00:03:09] louder.

[00:03:10] Rahul Gandhi, who stepped down as Congress president after the party's defeat in the

[00:03:14] 2019 Lok Subha elections is being credited for the stunning comeback in 2024.

[00:03:19] Since its political debut in 2004, the 53-year-old leader has not held any constitutional

[00:03:23] post even when his party was in power.

[00:03:28] Two Malayalis were among the nine killed during a trekking expedition to the Sahasrathal

[00:03:33] Lake region of Uttarakhand on Tuesday night.

[00:03:35] The deceased were identified as Ashutagar hailing from Kanyakumari and VK Sindhu,

[00:03:40] a resident of Palakkad.

[00:03:42] The ill-fated trek involved a group of 22 members organised under the leadership of the

[00:03:47] Karnataka Mountaineering Association.

[00:03:49] Sindhu, a software engineer at Dell and Ashutagar, a retired senior manager from SBI, were

[00:03:55] part of this group.

[00:03:56] The bodies of nine Karnataka trekkers who lost their lives due to the extreme

[00:03:59] weather conditions are expected to be flown to Bengaluru on Thursday, officials

[00:04:03] revealed.

[00:04:06] Israel hit a Gaza school on Thursday in an airstrike that it said targeted and

[00:04:11] killed Hamas fighters inside, while a Hamas officer said 40 people, including women and

[00:04:16] children, were killed as they sheltered in the UN site.

[00:04:19] Israel's military took steps to protect civilians before its fighter jets carried

[00:04:23] out a precise strike.

[00:04:25] Satellite photos circulated highlighted two parts of the building where the fighters

[00:04:28] were based.

[00:04:29] Israel announced a new military campaign in central Gaza on Wednesday as it battles

[00:04:34] fighters relying on hit-and-run insurgency tactics.

[00:04:38] Since a week-long truce in November, all attempts to arrange a ceasefire have failed

[00:04:42] with each side blaming each other.