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.
Extend lockdown, give more economic firepower to fight covid-19: States to Modi
NEW DELHI: Several states on Saturday pitched for an extension of the 21-day nationwide lockdown, that was to end on 14 April, during their video conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, according to government officials.
While the chief ministers of Kerala, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Punjab and Delhi and the governor of Jammu and Kashmir made a case for the extension of lockdown, Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y.S.
Jagan Mohan Reddy suggested partial lockdown. The states and the union government have to take a crucial decision over the issue of lives versus livelihood during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
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