Modi's name proposed as Leader of Parliamentary party
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s Parliamentary Board is meeting at the party's headquarters in central Delhi where it will elect Modi as the Leader of the Parliamentary party.
While Advani proposed Modi's name at the meeting, senior leaders like Venkaiah Naidu, Jaitley, Murli Manohar Joshi and Sushma Swaraj supported him.
Modi will later in the day meet President Pranab Mukherjee and stake claim to form the new government.
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