With these defections, TMC loses hold over two assembly constituencies and three municipal bodies in West Bengal
President Ram Nath Kovind will administer the oath of office and secrecy to Modi and other members of the Union Council of Ministers during a ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan at 7 pm on Thursday
The BJP won all the seven seats in Delhi routing both the Congress and the AAP in the Lok Sabha polls
Sources said Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his deputy Sachin Pilot went to meet Gandhi at his Tughlaq lane residence, but they only managed to meet Priyanka there
Vijayvargiya and former TMC leader Mukul Roy are among the leaders who are considered to have played a key role in making the BJP a potent force in West Bengal
The NCP-Congress combine bagged only five of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra where the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena alliance's tally stood at an impressive 41
Gandhi had cancelled all meetings on Monday and had become incommunicado
Chirag Paswan said it was Modi's prerogative to decide who will be the ministers in his government
Mukherjee was conferred with the Bharat Ratna on the recommendation of the Modi-led government in January
The party's chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala and general secretary K C Venugopal also met the party president at his Tughlaq Lane home
Acting Speaker Michael Lobo administered the oath to the MLAs--three from the BJP and one from the Congress
Out of the 67 MLAs, 49 of them having serious charges against them, such as kidnapping, murder and attempt-to-murder.
Modi's re-election put to rest any uncertainty about a diverse group of political parties coming to power at a time when growth is already slowing
Even Congress expanded its average victory margin by more than 50%
Sources close to both actors acknowledged the two being invited to Modi's swearing-in scheduled on Thursday, but did not divulge if the veterans would participate
In this Lok Sabha election, Modi won by a margin of nearly 480,000 votes, almost 100,000 votes higher than the 2014 polls
Various conjectures, speculations, insinuations, assumptions, gossip and rumour mongering is uncalled for, says CWC
This would be the first cabinet reshuffle since Adityanath was sworn in as the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh in March 2017.
The PM was received by the UP CM as he arrived in his constituency on a thanksgiving visit to the people and to offer his prayers at the Kashi Vishwanath temple
Vice President of India, senior members of the Govt and other leaders also paid their homage to the first PM of India.