New Delhi, Rajab 21, 1435, May 20, 2014, SPA -- Narendra Modi is elected leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party's parliamentary body, paving the way for him to become India's new prime minister, according to dpa. Modi's name was proposed by party patriarch LK Advani and seconded by top-rung BJP leaders in a meeting of the party's newly-elected members of parliament Tuesday. The announcement by BJP president Rajnath Singh was greeted with a standing ovation. --SPA 11:56 LOCAL TIME 08:56 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w