After meeting with senior BJP leader LK Advani today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared his intention to run for office a third time. Modi visited Advani soon after being chosen as the leader of the NDA parliamentary party.

After meeting Advani, he went to the residence of Joshi, a former president of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Subsequently, Modi also met former president Ram Nath Kovind.
In spite of its “400-paar” campaign, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured 240 seats, while the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured 293 seats, becoming the majority party in the 543-member Lok Sabha.

The NDA has chosen PM Modi as the leader of the alliance, which paved the way for his oath ceremony as Prime Minister for a third term.

Deputy prime minister Mr. Advani received India’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna, in February. In addition, he led the BJP for the longest period of time since the party’s founding in 1980. Advani is credited with crafting the BJP’s rise through the 1990s when it came to power for the first time as the head of coalition governments under former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.