As majority of exit polls predicted a massive win for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Prime Minister Narendra Modi held multiple meetings on Sunday on a "wide range of topics" including one on the post-cyclone Remal situation, especially in the northeast region, and another to review the 100-day agenda that his team will seek to implement once Government formation is completed.
The Prime Minister held the review meeting on the 100-day agenda of the new Government that his team will seek to implement once Government formation is completed. According to sources, senior bureaucrats on several Ministries attended the review meeting and some of them made a presentation before the Prime Minister. Sources added that at least 10 groups, each headed by a secretary-level official as a coordinator, have been created to implement this agenda over the first 100 days of the new Government.
Much before the Lok Sabha polling exercise began, Modi had set in motion the exercise for different Government Ministries to prepare the 100-day agenda for the new Government. He had asked his Council of Ministers to prioritise programmes and initiatives for the first 100 days.
PM Modi's day-long marathon meetings come a day after he returned from a 45-hour meditation at Vivekananda Rock Memorial in Kanyakumari. Informing about the meeting, PM Modi wrote in a post on X, "Chaired meetings to review the situation in the wake of heatwaves and post-cyclone flood situations in different parts of the nation. Took stock of the efforts underway to assist those affected by these adversarial conditions."
The first meeting focused on the extensive damage caused by the cyclone, including the loss of human lives, and the destruction of homes and properties due to widespread landslides and flooding.
PM Modi stressed the need to ensure regular fire and electrical safety audits in hospitals and other public places as he reviewed the heatwave situation in the country amid fire incidents which have claimed many lives. The Prime Minister instructed officials that proper drills for preventing and handling incidents of fire must be undertaken on a regular basis, according to an official statement.
He also said that regular drills for the maintenance of fire lines in forests and productive utilisation of biomass must be planned. Modi was briefed that as per forecasts, the heatwave is likely to continue in parts of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. Monsoon this year is likely to be normal and above normal in most parts of the country and below normal in parts of peninsular India, the statement said.
In the meeting to review the post-Cyclone Remal situation, another official statement said, Modi was briefed about its impact in the affected states, including the loss of lives and damage to houses and other properties due to landslides and floods in Mizoram, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya and Tripura. National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams have carried out evacuation, airlifting and road clearance operations, it said, adding the Union home ministry is in regular touch with State Governments.PM Modi said the Union Government will continue to extend full support to the States affected by the cyclone, according to the statement.
Incessant rain and landslides have disrupted life in several parts of the northeast, affecting air and rail services and flooding arterial roads and highways. Top bureaucrats were part of the meetings the Prime Minister chaired.
Voting in the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections concluded on Saturday and the results will be out on Tuesday, June 4, as part of the nationwide counting. All major exit polls on Saturday projected that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would retain power with a resounding victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The BJP and its allies are expected to breach the 300-seat mark once again. Ten exit polls said that though the BJP-led NDA will win at least 350 seats, it will fail to cross the 400-seat mark.
