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 : Union minister Ramdas Athawale on Monday claimed that the Go Corona Go slogan he coined has now become famous all over the world.
The minister said questions were raised earlier if such a slogan would help but its widespread use has proved the efficacy of the slogan. "I gave the slogan in February, when the COVID-19 situation was not as bad in India.
At that time people were saying, will this make corona go away? Now we are seeing this slogan all across the world," he said.
When millions of Indians switched off the lights at their homes and lit candles, diyas or turned on mobile phone torches for nine minutes starting 9 pm on Sunday, in response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal to show the nation's "collective resolve