Modi meets Advani, Vasundhara Raje and Yeddyurappa

The PM-designate also held a meeting with close aide Amit Shah, party general secretary J.P. Nadda and Bihar in-charge Dharmedra Pradhan in New Delhi.

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Modi meets Advani, Vasundhara Raje and Yeddyurappa

LK Advani with Narendra Modi
Veteran BJP leader LK Advani with Narendra Modi.

As preparations for government formation gain momentum, Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi on Sunday held talks with several BJP leaders in New Delhi. He also met party veteran LK Advani.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje also met Narendra Modi at Gujarat Bhawan. The meeting lasted for about 30 minutes.

Modi held a meeting with close aide Amit Shah, party general secretary J.P. Nadda, former chief minister and Karnataka strongman BS Yedyurappa and Bihar in-charge Dharmedra Pradhan.

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NPP leader P.A. Sangma meanwhile called on BJP chief Rajnath Singh.

"I came to congratulate Rajnathji on NDA's victory. People wanted change which is now being given by Modiji and Rajnathji's leadership," Sangma said.

Political developments in Bihar in the wake of resignation of Nitish Kumar as chief minister are understood to have also come up for discussion, party sources said.

BJP is maintaining a wait-and-watch stand in the state, they said, in the backdrop of JD-U legislature party meeting on Sunday to elect a leader.

Meanwhile, Modi will be formally elected as the leader of the BJP Parliamentary Party at its meeting here on May 20 ahead of taking oath as Prime Minister.

BJP chief Rajnath Singh has said the NDA allies will also be invited for a meeting on the same day where the leader of the coalition will also be chosen.

RSS will have no role in cabinet formation: Venkaiah

The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) will have no role in the formation of the union cabinet, senior BJP leader M. Venkaiah Naidu said Sunday.

"Meeting the RSS leaders is part of our life. But it will have no role in the cabinet formation," Naidu told media persons when he reached the RSS office here.

-With IANS and PTI inputs