India elections: Modi to be formally elected by MPs

Modi to meet parliamentarians at a special session on Saturday for formality to set in motion formation of new government.

India’s newly elected MPs from the governing Bharatiya Janata Party will gather in the capital to select Prime Minister Narendra Modi as their leader.

The vote follows a landslide victory following the six-week elections.

The win gives Modi a powerful mandate to implement his nationalist vision.

Al Jazeera’s Sohail Rahman reports from New Delhi.