Breaking News Live: Rahul Gandhi To Appear Before Bengaluru Court Over Defamation Lawsuit Filed By Karnataka BJP

<p><strong>Breaking News Live Updates</strong>: Hello and welcome to the live blog of ABP Live. Please follow this space for all the breaking news and latest updates from India and around the world.</p> <h3><strong>Odisha CM Likely To Be Chosen In BJP Parliamentary Party Meet On Friday&nbsp;</strong></h3> <p>The chief minister of Odisha's first BJP-led government is likely to be chosen during the Parliamentary Party meeting in New Delhi on Friday, according to saffron camp leaders.</p> <p>The BJP defeated the BJD, which had ruled the state for 24 consecutive years, by winning 78 out of 147 seats in the Odisha Assembly.</p> <p>Although three of these 78 MLAs were former state ministers, a senior BJP leader mentioned on Thursday that the chief minister might not necessarily be selected from the newly elected assembly members.</p> <p>Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan, who won from the Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency, is a leading candidate for the chief minister position.</p> <p>Additionally, senior MLAs Suresh Pujari, Jayanarayan Mishra, and K V Singh Deo are also being considered for the role.</p> <p>"The Parliamentary Party, the BJP's highest decision-making body, will convene in New Delhi tomorrow," said Bhubaneswar MP Aparajita Sarangi, as reported by PTI.</p> <h3>NDA MPs To Meet On Friday To Elect Modi As Their Leader&nbsp;</h3> <p>Newly elected MPs of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance are scheduled to meet on Friday to elect Narendra Modi as their leader, setting the stage for his third term as prime minister. The swearing-in ceremony is anticipated to take place on Sunday.</p> <p>Following Modi's election as the leader of NDA MPs, senior alliance members such as TDP's N Chandrababu Naidu and JD(U)'s Nitish Kumar will accompany him to meet President Droupadi Murmu and present the list of parliamentarians supporting him, according to some alliance members.</p> <p>He is likely to be sworn in over the weekend, probably on Sunday. The NDA has 293 MPs, well above the majority mark of 272 in the 543-member Lok Sabha.</p> <p>According to PTI, senior BJP leaders, including Union ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh, engaged in discussions throughout Thursday as the party initiated efforts to form the government, amid a call from a senior Janata Dal (United) leader for respectable representation in the Union Council of Ministers.</p>

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