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.
A Jain monk at the temple said: 'The temple is closed in view of the coronavirus outbreak as 'rashtra dharm' comes first' NEW DELHI : Digambar Jain Ratnatraya Jain Mandir in Dwarka here is closed on the occasion of Mahavir Jayanti due to the ongoing coronavirus lockdown.
A Jain monk at the temple said: "The temple is closed in view of the coronavirus outbreak as 'rashtra dharm' comes first". The nationwide lockdown was announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last month in order to curb the spread of coronavirus which has so far claimed more than 80 lives in the country.
According to the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the total number of COVID-19 positive cases in the country has gone up to 3,577 as on Sunday.