PM Modi Becomes The First Non-Congress Leader To Return To Power With Majority
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is here to stay. He will lead the 17th Lok Sabha and by doing that he will also become the first non-Congress leader to become Prime Minister for two successive tenures. As soon as the numbers started coming from the election commission, it became pretty clear that PM Modi has been given yet another mandate to run the country.
PM wasted no time in thanking the voters and vowed to build an inclusive India, a message that means a lot amid allegations that he has been a divisive force in the country.
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¡ª Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 23, 2019
Together we grow.
Together we prosper.
Together we will build a strong and inclusive India.
India wins yet again! #VijayiBharat
He followed the tweet by some other messages, mainly thanking and congratulating other winners. He also congratulated Naveen Patnaik, who became Odisha's chief minister for fifth consecutive time.
Congratulations to Naveen Babu for yet another victory in Odisha. Wishing
¡ª Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 23, 2019
him the very best for the next term.
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In another feather in the cap, PM Modi has become the first minister born in independent India to get two consecutive terms. In 2014, he led NDA had won 336 seats and this general election this number is likely to get matched if not surpassed.
The first non-Congress government came in 1977 after general election. The then PM Indira Gandhi was defeated by people in India for draconian rule under emergency. Janta Party won the election and Moraji Desai became the Prime Minister.
However, just two years later, the internal rift within the coalition led the resignation of PM Desai and Chaudhary Charan Singh became in PM in 1979 and that too from the support of same Congress that was defeated by the united Janta Party in 1977.
And then, in 1980, Congress pulled out the plug, Indira Gandhi withdrew her support and Chaudhary Charan Singh had to resign.
Thank you India! The faith placed in our alliance is humbling and gives us strength to work even harder to fulfil people's aspirations.
¡ª Chowkidar Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 23, 2019
I salute every BJP Karyakarta for their determination, perseverance & hardwork. They went home to home, elaborating on our development agenda.
Former PM Indira Gandhi¡¯s victory in 1980, her assassination in 1984 months after Operation Blue Star and victory of Rajiv Gandhi is history most of us know about. The second non-Congress government came to power in 1989. The Janta Dal government led by former PM Vishwanath Pratap Singh fell in 1990 when an ally the BJP withdrew its support and the former PM VP Singh led government lost in no-confidence motion.
The election didn¡¯t happen, but Chandra Shekhar, VP Singh¡¯s biggest rival within his government broke away from the Janta Dal and formed his own party-Samajwadi Janta Party. With a lot of permutation and combination, he became PM in 1990, but the Congress again withdrew support it had given and the government fell after seven months.
Rajiv Gandhi sought election but despite resigning on March 13, 1991, Chandra Shekhar and his ministers remained in office till June 1991.
Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated in May 1991 and sympathy wave led Congress to power once again with PM Narsimha Rao as the PM.
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By 1996, a third front was formed to take on both Congress and BJP much like this time in form of Mahagathbandhan. However, the BJP rose as the largest party despite witnessing a hung parliament. BJP led by Atal Bihari Vajpayee formed the government and was given two weeks to prove majority. Atal Bihari Vajpayee had taken oath on 15 May, 1996 and had to resign on 31 May after failing to prove the majority.
Despite being the second largest party, the Congress didn¡¯t form the government and instead landed support to third front led by HD Deve Gowda of Janta Dal (United Front). Former PM Deve Gowda took oath on June 1, 1996 and soon the uneasiness within the alliance came to fore Congress was reportedly not happy with its passive role in the administrative decisions. As of result Deve Gowda had to resign and the Third Front had to elect Inder Kumar Gujral as the next leader of the government.
After Inder Kumar Gujral emerged as the leader agreed upon by all United Front leaders, which included Lalu Prasad Yadav, Mulayam Singh Yadav and many other key leader, Gujral was sworn as the PM on 21 April, 1997.
Gujral government too fell soon and BJP returned to power for another brief period of 13 months after general election in 1998. The BJP government ran the country from March 1998 till April 1999 and during these 13 months of power, the country had to fight war against Pakistan in Kargil in Jammu and Kashmir.
The political drama led to another election in 1999 and this time finally, India got a stable government led by former PM Atal Bihar Vajpayee and the NDA government completed its tenure in 2004.
The rest, as they say, is history.