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 day after the Centre allowed Indian Railways to "gradually" resume passenger train services, Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to start Mumbai local trains for those who work in essential services.
Mumbai suburban railway services, the lifeline of the Maximum City, have been on halt since March 22 to mitigate the virus spread in the country.
Local trains should run for those people who are allowed to go to work in the Mumbai region, Maharashtra chief minister told PM Modi during a video conference with PM Modi.
Passengers will be able to board trains if they show their ID cards, Thackeray added. Thackeray also urged PM Modi to show "specific and concrete direction" on the ongoing