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.
Mamata, BJP in fresh face-off over ‘fake news’ on lockdown inBengal
NEW DELHI : West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday brought to the notice of Prime Minister Narendra Modi the adverse comments made against her government in the backdrop of the ongoing lockdown.
At a video conference that Modi held with chief ministers, Banerjee also called for extending the lockdown. Over the past one week, while Banerjee has accused Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders of spreading fake news, the party state leadership alleged she is not doing enough to enforce the lockdown.
According to an official who attended the meeting, while requesting an extension, Banerjee said central ministers and the state governor should stop making political and contradictory statements against her government. “In the
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