Nitish Kumar jabs Opposition at NDA meet, vows to work under Modi's leadership

Narendra Modi on Friday was endorsed as Prime Minister by top NDA leaders at a meeting held in New Delhi.

Senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh on Friday proposed Narendra Modi's name as the leader of the NDA Parliamentary Party and the proposal was seconded by his party colleagues Amit Shah and Nitin Gadkari as well as top NDA leaders.

Senior NDA leaders, including H D Kumaraswamy, Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar, also supported the resolutions, paving the way for Modi to become prime minister for the third time.

While speaking after the meeting, JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar hit out at the INDIA bloc parties saying 'they have not done anything for the country'. Further, Kumar asserted that the like other NDA leaders his party will also work under Narendra Modi's leadership.

Bihar CM also quipped while speaking that he would have appreciated if the oath-taking ceremony had taken place today itself.

At a meeting of the NDA parliamentary party here at the central hall of old Parliament house, Singh also credited Modi for expanding the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance and said this grouping is not a compulsion but a commitment for the BJP.

After Shah, Gadkari also seconded the three proposals made by Singh to make Modi the leader of the BJP in Lok Sabha, of the NDA parliamentary party and the BJP parliamentary party.