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.
Kanwar Yatra, in view of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic situation. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami has acknowledged the cultural significance of Kanwar Yatra but reiterated that his government's priority remains saving lives amid the Covid-19 pandemic. "Kanwar is part of the Sanatan culture but saving lives is paramount.
The government's focus is to ensure that Covid does not spread," CM Dhami said. Dhami, who met central leaders in the national capital including Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss a range of issues, has been saying repeatedly that saving human lives is important.
The Uttarakhand Chief Minister further said that the yatra is a matter of shraddha (reverence) and aastha (faith), and God would not like