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.
NEW DELHI : Prime minister Narendra Modi on Saturday spoke to the leaders of two of India’s maritime neighbours in the Indian Ocean region — Sri Lanka and Mauritius — and pledged help to combat coronavirus and its economic fallout on their economies. “Had an excellent talk with President @GotabayaR.
Sri Lanka is fighting COVID-19 effectively under his leadership. India will continue to support our close maritime neighbour in dealing with the pandemic and its economic impact," Modi said in a Twitter post after his conversation with Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa. “We agreed to accelerate India assisted development projects in Sri Lanka and also strengthen investment links," Modi said in a second Twitter post.