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.
PM Modi says lockdown a small price to pay for warding off virus danger
NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said that the three-week-long nationwide lockdown is a small price to pay for warding off the danger posed by the rapid spread of Covid-19, although he admitted that his decree would inconvenience people.
Speaking to representatives from his Lok Sabha constituency of Varanasi, the prime minister’s first direct engagement with the public after Tuesday’s announcement, Modi addressed concerns that have emerged after the union government announced the lockdown, the most severe such measure undertaken by any government in human history.
The prime minister not only reassured citizens that an adequate supply of essential commodities would be made available but also sought to enlist people’s
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