Narendra Damodardas Modi (born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation. He is the first prime minister outside of the Indian National Congress to win two consecutive terms with a full majority and the second to complete five years in office after Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Empower states, give them money to fight covid-19: Rahul Gandhi to Centre
NEW DELHI: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to empower states and give them more financial resources to combat the spread of covid-19. “A lockdown is like a pause button, it is in no way a solution to coronavirus.
When we come out of the lockdown, the virus is going to start its work again. So it is very important to have a strategy to come out of lockdown," Gandhi said in a digital press conference.
It was his first media interaction since the national lockdown was imposed on 25 March. Prime Minister Modi on Tuesday extended the nationwide lockdown to 3 May as India continued to report a sharp rise in cases despite prohibitory measures in place.
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