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.
BENGALURU : Karnataka chief minister B.S.Yediyurappa on Saturday said that while the lockdown would continue in the state, as a measure to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus, it will also be relaxed over the next couple of weeks. "We must not compromise on lockdown and we are receiving suggestions for another 15 days," the chief minister’s office said in a statement, attributing it to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The prime minister addressed the chief ministers of all states on Saturday to gather information on lifting the lockdown across the country after 21-days on 14 April. "In the next 15 days we will relax the lockdown in a graded manner," the CMO said in a statement,attributing it to the PM.