New Delhi, May 24 (KNN) A day after securing a historic mandate for the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), the Union Cabinet will meet Friday evening to recommend the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha.

The meeting will be followed by an outgoing Council of Ministers meeting at 5:30 pm.

After the Cabinet's recommendation is passed in the form of a resolution, President Ram Nath Kovind will dissolve the present Lok Sabha, the term of which is ending on June 3.

The 17th Lok Sabha has to be constituted before June 3 and the process to form a new House will be initiated when the three Election Commissioners meet the President in the next few days to hand over the list of newly-elected members