PM Modi Longest-Serving PM Live: Narendra Modi Becomes India’s Longest-Serving Elected Prime Minister, Surpasses Nehru

PM Modi Longest-Serving PM Live: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday became India’s longest-serving prime minister with an unbroken tenure of 4,399 days in office, surpassing the record of the country’s first prime minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.

Modi assumed office on May 26, 2014, after securing a landslide victory in the general elections. He was re-elected with a bigger mandate in 2019, with his second term beginning on May 30 that year. His third consecutive term started on June 9, 2024.

NDA To Hold Meeting To Mark Milestone

A meeting of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to celebrate the government completing 12 years and Prime Minister Narendra Modi becoming the longest-serving elected prime minister of India will be held in Delhi on Wednesday.

All constituents of the ruling NDA, along with the top leadership of the BJP, including Prime Minister Modi, are expected to attend the meeting.

According to sources, a resolution hailing Prime Minister Modi for the achievement is likely to be adopted at the meeting of the NDA partners. Modi is also expected to address the conclave after the resolution is passed.

Top NDA Leaders To Attend Conclave

The NDA meeting, scheduled to be held at Bharat Mandapam, will see the participation of chief ministers and deputy chief ministers from all 22 NDA-governed states and Union Territories, along with leaders of the alliance’s constituent parties.

According to sources, around 75 senior leaders representing 35 NDA partners, including chief ministers, deputy chief ministers, party presidents and other senior functionaries, are expected to attend the conclave.

The meeting will be chaired by BJP president Nitin Nabin. Senior BJP leaders, including Union ministers Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, J P Nadda and Shivraj Singh Chouhan, are also expected to be present, sources said.

Nehru’s Previous Record

Jawaharlal Nehru, who was first elected prime minister in 1952, took the oath of office on May 13 that year and remained in the post until May 27, 1964, serving an uninterrupted tenure of 4,398 days.

His earlier stint between 1947 and 1952 was as the head of the interim government, when general elections had not yet been institutionalised or conducted.

Indira Gandhi, meanwhile, served as prime minister for a cumulative 14 years between 1966 and 1984, though her tenure was interrupted after she was voted out of office in the 1977 general elections held following the lifting of the Emergency.