Earlier, days before he takes oath as India's next prime minister, Narendra Modi said Tuesday after being elected leader of the BJP parliamentary party that an era of responsibility had begun.
Addressing the party's new MPs and other leaders in the central hall of parliament, Modi also said that the majority given to the BJP in the Lok Sabha was "a vote for hope and faith".
Modi, who was the party's prime ministerial candidate, sought to underline that he should not be seen above the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
He credited the BJP's stunning electoral victory to the BJP's organizational strength.
The Gujarat chief minister became emotional when he responded to veteran colleague L.K. Advani's previous remarks that he (Modi) had done a favour by leading the BJP in the election.
Narendra Modi to take oath as PM on May 26
New Delhi: Narendra Modi, who steered BJP and the NDA to a landslide victory in the Lok Sabha elections, was today appointed Prime Minister, ushering in a new era of a non-Congress government with an
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