Modi's comments came after he met Murmu and accepted her invitation to head the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition government and run the world's most populous nation for the next five years. "It is my good fortune that all of you from NDA have chosen me to lead," Modi said earlier on Friday after NDA lawmakers voted for him to head their coalition. "No alliance has ever been as successful as the NDA," he said, after lawmakers and senior leaders thumped tables and applauded, with some standing and chanting "Modi, Modi!" The new government would, among others, focus on raising savings of the middle class and improve the quality of their lives as the "middle class is the driving force of the country", Modi added. The coalition negotiations are a throwback to an era before 2014, when Modi swept to power with an outright majority for his BJP.
