Narendra Modi is set to form the government with his alliance partners for a third consecutive termPrime Minister Sheikh Hasina has flown to New Delhi to join the swearing-in ceremony of her Indian counterpart Narendra Modi, who is set to take the oath of office for a third term. Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance, or NDA, won 293 seats in the 543-member lower house of parliaments. BJP secured only 240 seats, way behind the 272 mark needed to form a government in its own right. Despite BJP’s failure to secure an absolute majority in the general elections, the party is set to form the government for the third consecutive term with its alliance partners. Modi is set to be sworn in as the nation’s premier on Saturday.
