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.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today wished speedy recovery from the novel coronavirus to his Russian counterpart Mikhail Mishustin.
He said New Delhi stands with "close friend" Moscow in efforts to defeat the Covid-19 pandemic. "My best wishes to Russian PM Mishustin for early recovery and good health.
We stand with our close friend Russia in efforts to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic," PM Modi tweeted this morning. My best wishes to Russian PM Mishustin for early recovery and good health.
We stand with our close friend Russia in efforts to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic. @GovernmentRF On Thursday, 54-year-old Mishustin had said that he had tested positive for coronavirus and he would remain in self-isolation for the time being.