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Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the President on Friday evening and tendered his resignation, along with his council of ministers, a Rashtrapati Bhavan communique said. It said, and as is customary, the President accepted the resignation and requested Modi and the council of ministers to continue till the new government assumes office.
The President will invite Modi to form the government after newly elected MPs of the Bharatiya Janata Party- (BJP-) led National Democratic Alliance meet on Saturday in Parliament's Central Hall to elect him their leader.
BJP sources said the PM could take oath of office next week, possibly on Thursday.
