Modi Spends an Eventful Friday With PMO Staff, Ministers After Dissolving 16th Lok Sabha

Prime Minister Narendra Modi met President Ram Nath Kovind at his official residence today to submit his resignation along with that of the Union Council of Ministers.

Moments after the President accepted his resignation, PM Modi tweeted "The sun sets on this term but the brightness our work has brought will continue to illuminate the lives of millions. A new dawn awaits, a new term beckons. We are even more determined to fulfil the dreams of 130 crore Indians and create the New India all of us dreamt of."

The President has asked the Union Council of Ministers to continue till the next government is formed in the next few days.