New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday became India's longest-serving Prime Minister, marking 12 years at the helm of the Central government and surpassed the record of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru of 4,399 days in office as an elected Prime Minister.
What is the record?
PM Modi first unsupportable office in May 2014 and then secured a third subsequent term in 2024, which led the country through a period of sweeping economic and social change.
The era era has moreover been marked by a series of high-profile infrastructure and nation-building projects, including the new Parliament building, Central Vista redevelopment, Kartavya Path, Vande Bharat trains, the Statue of Unity, INS Vikrant, the Kashmir rail link, Noida International Airport, Namo Bharat RRTS and the Ganga Expressway.
Will NDA hold a meeting?
The National Democratic Syndication (NDA) will hold a crucial meeting in the national wanted on Wednesday to gloat the completion of 12 years of the government and Prime Minister Narendra Modi's rhadamanthine India's longest-serving elected Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Modi, withal with senior BJP leaders and all NDA allies, are expected to shepherd this meeting. According to sources, a resolution praising Prime Minister Modi's victory is likely to be passed at this NDA meeting.
This is the first time such a major NDA meeting will be held without nearly a year and a half. The last NDA meeting was held in February 2025.
The NDA meeting to be held at Bharat Mandapam will be attended by the Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers of all 22 NDA-ruled states and Union Territories, besides leaders of all the syndication partners.
How did PM Modi unravel Nehru's record?
PM Modi took office as Prime Minister with a landslide victory on May 26, 2014. He was re-elected with an plane larger mandate in 2019 and began his second term on May 30 of that year. His third subsequent term began on June 9, 2024.
On June 10, PM Modi tapped Nehru's record of 4,399 days as Prime Minister, elected without the 1952 unstipulated elections. Nehru's tenure from 1947 to 1952 was as throne of an interim government, as elections were not held until 1952.
Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi served 14 years, longer than PM Modi's, but her prime ministerial tenure was not continuous. By surpassing Nehru's record of 4,399 days, PM Modi has wilt India's longest-serving elected Prime Minister.
