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.
KCR says country's only weapon against Covid-19 is lockdown, asks PM for extension
Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao on Monday suggested that the nationwide lockdown should be extended for a couple of weeks to contain the spread of coronavirus.
He appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to extend the lockdown beyond April 14 for one or two weeks. "I am appealing to the Prime Minister and Government of India to extend lockdown without hesitation.
Lockdown is the only weapon we have to control the spread of this disease and avoid a situation which countries like the US, Spain and Italy are facing," he told a news conference.
KCR, as Rao is popularly known, said though the country's economy would suffer because of lockdown, it can be revived by working hard and by making sacrifices over next six
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