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 tweets video of Vajpayee's poetry to remind people to lit diyas tomorrow
A day after appealing people to lit candles in their balconies in a bid to unite the people in the battle against coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today shared a video of late Atal Bihari Vajpayee reciting his poem "aao, phir se diya jalaein". "Aao, phir se diya jalaein (come let's light the lamp)," tweeted PM Modi while sharing the video. "Aao phir se diya jalayen" is an iconic poem by the former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
In the brief clip, Vajpayee is seen reciting the poem from a stage. आओ दीया जलाएं। pic.twitter.com/6sc5bplbVy In a video message on Friday, PM Modi had urged people to light diyas and candles (or use phone flashlights) during a voluntary nine-minute blackout at 9 pm on April 5 to display the country's
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