Narendra Modi appointed New PM of India

1.    Narendra Modi appointed New PM of India

i. Narendra Modi will be sworn in as India’s 14th Prime Minister at 6 pm on May 26.

ii. Narendra Modi, who steered BJP and the NDA to a landslide victory in the Lok Sabha elections has been appointed Prime Minister on Tuesday, ushering in a new era of a non-Congress government with an absolute majority on its own in 30 years. 

iii. “I came to call on the President. The President has given me a formal letter (of appointment as the PM) and has invited me for oath-taking ceremony on May 26 at 6 pm as we had earlier decided," Modi told the media emerging from the meeting with the President Pranab Mukherjee.

iv. Modi's call on the President came after he was unanimously elected leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party and later at a combined meeting of the BJP and its allies constituting the NDA as leader of the coalition. 

v. "The President will administer the oath of office and secrecy on May 26 at 6 PM at Rashtrapati Bhawan," President's spokesman Venu Rajamony said. 

vi. Earlier the President greeted Modi on his landslide victory. "Welcome, welcome, welcome," Mukherejee said, receiving a bouquet from Modi. 

2.    Jitan Ram Manjhi new Bihar CM 

i. The Janata Dal (United) on Monday named Bihar SC/ST minister Jitan Ram Manjhi to succeed Nitish Kumar as Chief Minister. Manjhi is a member of the mahadalit community.

ii. This comes in the wake of Nitish Kumar's resignation as the CM. Kumar resigned on Saturday taking moral responsibility of his party's poor show in the Lok Sabha election.

iii. Governor D.Y. Patil administered the Oath of Office and Secrecy to Mr. Manjhi at a function at the Rajbhawan in Patna.

iv. Mr. Manjhi's cabinet will have two new faces, Dulal Chandra Goswami and Vinay Bihari, both independents who have extended support to JD(U) government.