Jai Shri Ram slogans greet Modi in Lok Sabha

New Delhi March 15 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi was given a grand welcome by BJP members in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday amid slogans of Jai Shri Ram and Modi Modi.

Soon after Speaker Sumitra Mahajan mourned the death of former member B.V.N. Reddy and Question Hour began Modi walked into the house along with Parliamentary Affairs Minister Ananth Kumar and BJP s Chief Whip Rakesh Singh.

Bharatiya Janata Party members welcomed him by thumping of desks for a good two minutes. Some of them shouted Jai Shri Ram while a few chanted Modi Modi in tribute to the BJP s wins Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

The Prime Minister stayed in house only for a few minutes.

The BJP and its ally Apana Dal won a whopping 321 seats in Uttar Pradesh and 57 seats in Uttarakhand. The party also formed governments in Goa and Manipur.

--IANS
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