"Consensus Very Important...": PM As BJP's Coalition Government Starts Term
NDTV
The Prime Minister, with other Members of Parliament, spoke before taking the oath for the 18th Lok Sabha; he won Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi seat for a third straight time.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday "consensus is very important to run the country". He was speaking on the first day of the new Parliament session, the first since the Lok Sabha election gave him a third term thanks to the party-led NDA, which allowed the BJP to cross the 272-seat majority mark.
Mr Modi also thanked the people of the country. "The people have given us an opportunity for a third time... our responsibilities have increased three times. That is why I assure countrymen that in our third term we will work three times harder, and achieve three times the results," he declared.
"In the last 10 years we have always tried to implement a tradition because we believe a majority is required to run the government, but to a run a country a consensus is of the utmost importance."
