'Friendship Between Our Nations Is Only Growing': US President Joe Biden Congratulates PM Modi & National Democratic Alliance On LS Election Victory

US President Joe Biden congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the National Democratic Alliance on the victory in the recently concluded Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

"Congratulations to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the National Democratic Alliance on their victory, and the nearly 650 million voters in this historic election. The friendship between our nations is only growing as we unlock a shared future of unlimited potential," US President Biden posted.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi also thanked President Biden for the congratulatory message. "Happy to receive call from my friend President @JoeBiden. Deeply value his warm words of felicitations and his appreciation for the Indian democracy. Conveyed that India-US Comprehensive Global Partnership is poised to witness many new landmarks in the years to come. Our partnership will continue to be a force for global good for the benefit of humanity. @POTUS," PM Modi posted.

The allies of BJP and NDA parties on Wednesday gave their approval and accepted Narendra Modi as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance. According to reports,the NDA will stake claim to forming the government on June 7 and the swearing-in of Modi as the Prime Minister for the third consecutive time will take place on June 8.

The Lok Sabha elections proved to be a close contest with the NDA managing to reach the majority mark, even though the BJP failed to touch the majority figure on its own. The NDA managed a total of 293 seats and the INDIA alliance got 232 seats. The BJP alone won 240 Lok Sabha seats and the Congress, the main opposition party, won 99 seats.