Video: Narendra Modi’s election as parliamentary party leader

New Delhi, 20 May, 2014

Senior BJP leader Shri Lal Krishna Advani today proposed Narendra Modi’s name as leader of parliamentary party. Various senior leaders and MPs of party came on stage and announced their support to Shri Modi’s name. Later Shri Rajnath Singh asked party MPs and senior leader gathered at parliament’s central hall whether anyone wanted to propose another name. There was no response. Shri Rajnath Singh announced Shri Modi as parliamentary party’s elected leader unopposed. Chief Ministers of BJP-ruled states, Amit Shah, Arun Jaitley among others were present on this occasion. Modi took blessing of Shri Advani on this occasion .

Party president Shri Rajnath Singh proudly pointed out that it is for the first time that a non-Congress political party achieved clear majority in Lok Sabha. Shri Rajnath Singh gave credit of this victory to Atalji, Advaniji and Narendra Modi. He said today’s Indian politics become BJP vs others. Rajnath Singh remembered late Shyamaprasad Mukherjee and Deendayal Upadhyaya who had dream of powerful, swabhimani India. Rajnath pointed out that in 2009, 7.8 crore people voted while in 2014 elections 17.60 crore people caste their vote. Maximum SC and ST MPs are elected from BJP. BJP’s has increased its percentage of vote in Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Kerala. Rajnath said there were efforts to divert the agenda byt BJP continued to contest the elections on positive agenda. There were ten states where BJP won all seats. BJP won seats from Kanyakumari to Ladakh and Somnath to Arunachal. Rajnath said prestige of India has increased with BJP’s victory. He said one global agency has given AAA rating with Narendra Modi’s victory.

Modi had said in Hyderabad “yes we can” and now I want to say “yes he will”, said Rajnath. He said BJP governments have proven track record of governance.

In his speech Shri LK Advani said: The movement that has been there in the name of Narendra Modi, and the results that we have seen two days back are historical. This parliament building was buit in 1927. I spent twenty years in English rule. India got freedom in 1947. I’m emotional person. I had tears in my eyes when India got freedom, when I was taken to jail during emergency and at the end of emergency. Today when I met Narendrabhai I had tears in my eyes.