New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday became India’s longest continuously serving elected prime minister, completing 12 years in office and surpassing Jawaharlal Nehru’s record with 4,399 days as an elected head of government.
Modi has led the Centre since his first swearing-in in 2014 and secured successive electoral mandates in 2019 and 2024, making his tenure the longest uninterrupted period for an elected prime minister in the country. While Indira Gandhi served more than 14 years cumulatively, her terms were not continuous.
The Modi government’s 12-year tenure has been associated with major infrastructure and nation-building projects such as the new Parliament building, Central Vista redevelopment, Kartavya Path, Vande Bharat trains, Statue of Unity, INS Vikrant, the Kashmir rail link, Noida International Airport, Namo Bharat RRTS and the Ganga Expressway.
To mark the milestone, the National Democratic Alliance will hold a meeting at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, attended by Prime Minister Modi, senior Union ministers, BJP leaders and chief ministers and deputies from NDA-ruled states and UTs. The gathering is expected to adopt a resolution congratulating Modi and to review the alliance’s achievements, policy priorities and political roadmap ahead of upcoming electoral challenges.
(Inputs from IANS)