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.
Any harassment of healthcare workers or violence against them should be dealt with firmly. Our covid-19 fighters need our support Our recent displays of gratitude, prompted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi himself, towards doctors, paramedics and security personnel, who are at the forefront of India’s battle against covid-19, seem to be at grave risk of being marred by actions of a few miscreants.
It is hard to miss the tragic irony in reports—even if stray—of doctors and other caregivers being humiliated and assaulted on the suspicion that they may be coronavirus carriers.
Two women doctors of Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital, who were out to buy fruits late on Wednesday, were attacked by a man who accused them of spreading the disease.