PRESIDENT APPOINTS DR. MANMOHAN SINGH AS PRIME MINISTER

 



PRESIDENT APPOINTS DR. MANMOHAN SINGH AS PRIME MINISTER 

OATH-TAKING CEREMONY ON MAY 22 



20-05-2009 : Rashtrapati Bhavan, New Delhi 

Having been chosen as the Leader of Congress Parliamentary Party, Dr. Manmohan Singh, accompanied by Smt. Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson, Congress Parliamentary Party and the UPA called on the President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil at 5.00 p.m. today at Rashtrapati Bhavan. Staking claim to form the government, they also handed over to the President letters of support extended to them by various political parties and others.

The President having satisfied herself, on the basis of the various letters of support received, that the Congress-led UPA alliance, which is also the largest pre-election alliance, is in a position to command majority support of the newly constituted 15th Lok Sabha and to form a stable government, appointed Dr. Manmohan Singh as the Prime Minister and requested him to indicate the members of the new Council of Ministers.