Modi's way to Prime Ministership

India's next prime minister and Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi, bends down on his knees on the steps of the Indian parliament building as a sign of respect as he arrives for the BJP parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. The BJP on Tuesday started putting together a new government by formally choosing Modi to be the country's next prime minister following a resounding victory in national elections. (AP Photo)

India's next prime minister and Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi, bends down with folded hands on the steps of the Indian parliament building as a sign of respect as he arrives for the BJP parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. (AP Photo)

India's next prime minister and Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi, center, is received with flowers as he arrives for the BJP parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. (AP Photo)

India's next prime minister and Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi displays the letter from the Indian President inviting him to form the new government, outside the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Modi met with President Pranab Mukherjee after he was formally chosen by his party as the next prime minister, just days after a resounding victory in national elections. (AP)

India's next prime minister and Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi arrives to address the media after meeting the Indian president, outside the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. India's president on Tuesday invited Modi to form a new government and set next Monday as his swearing in date. (AP Photo)

India's next prime minister and Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi addresses the media after meeting the Indian president, outside the Presidential Palace in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. (AP Photo)

India's next prime minister and Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi, left, hugs party leader Lal Krishna Advani, as party President Rajnath Singh watches during the BJP parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. Advani, the most senior party leader, nominated Modi for the prime minister's post, and the lawmakers gave their approval by thumping desks and raising slogans. (AP)

India's next prime minister and Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi, left, hugs party leader Lal Krishna Advani during the BJP parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. (AP Photo)

Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader Lal Krishna Advani, right, arrives for the BJP parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. The BJP on Tuesday started putting together a new government by formally choosing Narendra Modi to be the country's next prime minister following a resounding victory in national elections. (AP Photo)

India's next prime minister Narendra Modi, right, Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh, center, and party leader Lal Krishna Advani, second from left, and Sushma Swaraj attend the swearing in ceremony of the new Chief Minister of Gujarat state Anandiben Patel in Gandhinagar, India, Thursday, May 22, 2014. Patel became the first female chief minister of Gujarat state. (AP Photo)

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader Lal Krishna Advani, right, gestures to India's next prime minister Narendra Modi, as he asks him to sit during their meeting at Advani's residence in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May 18, 2014. Results announced Friday from the weeks long polls showed that Modi and the Hindu nationalist BJP had won the most decisive election victory India has seen in three decades, sweeping the long dominant Congress party from power. (AP Photo)

India's next prime minister Narendra Modi, right, talks to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) senior leader Lal Krishna Advani at Advani's residence in New Delhi, India, Sunday, May 18, 2014. (AP Photo)

Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party leader and India's next prime minister Narendra Modi, center, BJP President Rajnath Singh, right, and Amit Shah, left, watch evening rituals being performed on the banks of the River Ganges in Varanasi, an ancient city revered by millions of devout Hindus, India, Saturday, May 17, 2014. Modi will be India's next prime minister, winning the most decisive victory the country has seen in more than a quarter century and sweeping the long dominant Congress party from power, results showed Friday. An elaborately decorated platform was built for him to offer prayers on the banks of the river. Saffron flags fluttered above the flower bedecked platform and thousands of supporters and onlookers milled around to watch as Hindu priests chanted sacred verses and burnt incense. (AP Photo)

indu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and India's next prime minister Narendra Modi performs evening rituals, with BJP President Rajnath Singh, second left, and Amit Shah, left, standing on the banks of the River Ganges in Varanasi, an ancient city revered by millions of devout Hindus, India, Saturday, May 17, 2014. Modi will be India's next prime minister, winning the most decisive victory the country has seen in more than a quarter century and sweeping the long dominant Congress party from power, results showed Friday. (AP Photo)

India's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker V.K. Singh, India's former army chief, arrives for a meeting of the party's newly elected lawmakers in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. India's president on Tuesday invited opposition Hindu nationalist party leader Narendra Modi to form a new government and set next Monday as his swearing in date. (AP Photo)

India's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Paresh Rawal displays the victory symbol as he arrives for a meeting of the party's newly elected lawmakers in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. (AP Photo)

India's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmakers Vinod Khanna, left, and Shatrughan Sinha hug as they arrive for a meeting of the party's newly elected lawmakers in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. (AP Photo)

Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Bollywood actor Hema Malini, waves to cameras as she arrives for the BJP parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. (AP Photo)

A Delhi police sniffer dog checks flowers brought for India's next prime minister and Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi, during the BJP parliamentary party meeting in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, May 20, 2014. (AP)

Modi Greets the gathering.

Modi is greeted by Party president Rajnath Singh while L.K. Advani waits for his turn.