Lok Sabha Election Results 2024: NDA Muslim Mukt, Christian Mukt…, says Omar Abdullah as Modi set for third term as PM

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah lashed out on the Bharatiya Janata Celebration (BJP)-led Nationwide Democratic Alliance (NDA) for not having any illustration from the minorities on the record of its Members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the Lok Sabha within the not too long ago concluded normal elections. Abdullah’s assertion comes proper at a time when the newly elected MPs had been assembly on June 7 to elect Narendra Modi as their chief, paving the way in which for him to take oath as prime minister for a 3rd time period.

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The swearing-in is more likely to be held on Sunday.

“It’s not simply the BJP, the NDA is Muslim mukth, Christian mukth, Buddhist mukth, Sikh mukth and but the federal government will declare to characterize 140 crore Indians,” Abdullah stated in a tweet.

It’s not simply the BJP, the NDA is Muslim mukth, Christian mukth, Buddhist mukth, Sikh mukth and but the federal government will declare to characterize 140 crore Indians. https://t.co/K5Slmhv1Ve

— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) June 7, 2024

Abdullah’s tweet got here in response to a newspaper report about representations of communities, together with Muslims, within the NDA and INDIA bloc among the many newly elected MPs. 

The NDA lastly received 293 seats, which is a cushty quantity above the 272-seat majority mark within the 543-member Lok Sabha. The BJP received 240 seats, whereas the Congress secured 99 seats. An unbiased MP has additionally joined the Congress occasion. 

Whereas there aren’t any Muslim MPs amongst NDA events, the INDIA bloc has 7.9 per cent Muslim MPs. Equally, the NDA has no Christian MPs, whereas the INDIA bloc has 3.5 per cent Christian MPs. There may be not even one single Sikh MP within the NDA whereas the INDIA bloc has 5 per cent MPs from Sikh neighborhood, based on the report quoted by Abdullah.

Total, 24 Muslim MPs have been elected to the Lok Sabha this time.

The Lok Sabha Elections had been held in seven phases between April 19 and June 1. The outcomes had been introduced on June 4.