Modi, aged 74, is the first prime minister born in Independent India and was sworn in for his third consecutive term in June of the previous year.
On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will officially become India’s second-longest serving premier in consecutive terms, achieving a total of 4,078 consecutive days in office, thus exceeding Indira Gandhi’s uninterrupted tenure from 1964 to 1977. He is only surpassed by the country’s first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, according to a source familiar with the situation.
Modi, 74, the first prime minister born in Independent India, was sworn in for his third consecutive term in June last year, having initially assumed the top office on May 26, 2014.
Modi, 74, the first prime minister born in Independent India, was sworn in for his third consecutive term in June last year, having first taken office on May 26, 2014. The leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is also recognized as the longest-serving Prime Minister from a non-Congress party.
On July 25, PM Modi will reach 4,078 days in office across three consecutive terms. “On this date, he (Modi) will become the second longest consecutive serving PM of India, surpassing Indira Gandhi, who served consecutively for 4,077 days from January 24, 1966, until March 24, 1977,” stated a source familiar with the matter.
Indira Gandhi also held the position of PM from January 14, 1980, until her assassination on October 31, 1984. Her father, Jawaharlal Nehru, remains the longest-serving PM of India, having held office for 16 years and 286 days from August 15, 1947, to May 27, 1964.
Prior to his role as PM, Modi was the longest-serving chief minister of Gujarat, serving from 2001 to 2014.
“He is the first and only non-Congress PM to complete at least two full terms as Prime Minister and to be re-elected three times… He is also the first and only non-Congress leader to achieve a majority independently in a Lok Sabha election,” the aforementioned source remarked.
