Asia's first female loco pilot, Surekha Yadav, has been invited to attend the oath-taking ceremony of Narendra Modi as prime minister for a third consecutive term, an official from the Central Railway said on Friday.
She is among the ten loco pilots invited to attend the ceremony. The oath-taking ceremony is slated for June 9. In New Delhi. Yadav is the first woman loco pilot of the semi-high speed Vande Bharat Express which she currently pilots between Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus and Solapur.
She belongs to Satara in Maharashtra’s western region. She is also India’s first female train driver who started piloting trains in 1988. For her unparalleled achievements, she has won many awards at the state and national levels so far.
PM Modi to form government for the third time
It is worth mentioning that PM Modi is going to form the government at centre for the third consecutive time as under his leadership, the NDA got the majority in the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections with 293 seats. However, after 10 years of absolute majority, BJP failed to cross 272 mark in these elections and is reduced to 240 seats. Earlier today, the prime minister and other NDA leaders met President Droupadi Murmu and staked claim to form the government in the the 18th Lok Sabha. Being the single largest party leader, he has been subsequently invited by the president to form the government.
Before that, a meeting of all constituent parties of the NDA was also held, in which PM Modi was chosen as the leader of the alliance by a full consensus of all elected MPs. After Pt. Jawahar Lal Nehru, PM Modi will be the first to take oath for the office of Prime Minister for the third consecutive term.
(With PTI Inputs)
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