At the NDA’s first meet after a sweeping victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Narendra Modi was chosen as its leader. Shiv Sena chief Uddav Thackray, JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar, Akali Dal chief Parkash Singh Badal, LJP chief Ram Vilas Paswan extended support to him. Amit Shah madde the formal announcement of Modi as the National Democratic Alliance leader and as NDA’s candidate as the next PM of India.