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 : The Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to chair a meeting with the chief ministers on the Covid-19 situation in the country on27 April, Wednesday.
The meeting will be held as Covid cases have started to rise in the country. An official confirmed that the meeting will be held via video conferencing.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan will make a presentation at the conference. "PM Modi will interact with CMs on the Covid-related situation in the country through video conferencing tomorrow at 12 noon," the official said.
With several festivals coming up, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Sunday urged people to stay alert to the threat from the coronavirus and continue to follow Covid-appropriate behaviour such as wearing masks and frequently washing hands.