Politics in photos: Modi Cabinet 1.0 meets for one last time before formation of new govt

Members of the Cabinet met at the Prime Minister's Office in South Block to recommend President Kovind to dissolve the present Lok Sabha.

BJP leaders Prakash Javadekar (left), Smriti Irani (centre) Thawar Chand Gehlot and Narendra Singh Tomar (exrtreme right) outside PMO | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet met for one last time on Friday to recommend the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha and formation of a new government.

The meeting came a day after the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections in which the Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance retained power with a massive mandate. After the Cabinet’s recommendation, President Ram Nath Kovind is now expected to dissolve the present Lok Sabha, the term of which is ending on 3 June. This is the last cabinet meeting of the Modi government’s first term.

Rajnath Singh arrives for the meeting at the Prime Minister’s office  | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Maneka Gandhi (extreme left), Nitin Gadkari (left), Prakash Javadekar (centre) and Birender Singh (right) greet each other | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

BJP leaders Sushma Swaraj (left) with Nitin Gadkari (centre) and Prakash Javadekar (right) | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (left) hugs Ravi Shankar Prasad (centre) outside South Block | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Uma Bharti in a happy mood | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s convoy leaves South Block after the Cabinet meeting | Photo: Praveen Jain | ThePrint

The 17th Lok Sabha has to be constituted before 3 June and the process to form a new government will be initiated when the three Election Commissioners meet the President in the next few days to hand over the list of newly elected members.

With inputs from PTI.