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.
Narendra Modi speech on coronavirus LIVE: Lockdown extension likely
NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the nation at 10 am today. In his speech, he is expected to spell out India's plan to fight coronavirus and extension of the 21-day lockdown, which was imposed on March 25 and ends today.
A majority of state governments are already in favour of lockdown extension by at least 2 weeks while some of them like Punjab, Odisha, Telangana and Tamil Nadu have already extended it on their own.
The widely-expected lockdown extension will not be the same as the existing one as Modi has signalled a shift in India's strategy to fight the coronavirus pandemic, with a renewed focus not only on ‘jaan’ (life) but also on ‘jahaan’ (livelihood).
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