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.
Karnataka CM donates entire year’s salary to battle covid-19
BENGALURU: Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa on Wednesday said he will donate his entire year's salary for the battle against the novel coronavirus (covid-19). “I will donate my one year’s salary to the chief minister's relief fund covid-19," he said in a video message posted on micro-blogging and social networking website Twitter.
He also appealed to ministers, legislators, parliamentarians and other officials to donate as much as possible to help fight with the virus that has so far left three dead and infected 101 persons in Karnataka alone.
The chief minister's gesture comes amid calls by Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking citizens to donate to his relief fund PM-CARES to combat the outbreak in the country.
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