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.
New Delhi: After Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the extension of lockdown till May 3, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) National President JP Nadda has appealed to people to follow the COVID-19 lockdown norms "with complete restraint and determination". "Prime Minister Modi today announced that the countrywide lockdown will be extended till May 3.
We have to follow it with complete restraint and determination. I have complete faith that the way we have followed every instruction so far in unison, we will continue to do so and will defeat corona," the BJP President said on Twitter.
The 21-day lockdown, which was announced by the Prime Minister last month, which was scheduled to end today, has been extended till May 3.