Narendra Modi has been the Prime Minister of India since 2014. He is a Lok Sabha member from the Varanasi constituency of Uttar Pradesh. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 282 and 303 seats in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha Elections under the leadership of Narendra Modi. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, PM Modi won the Varanasi seat with a margin of 4,79,505 votes. He was polled 6,74,664 votes and defeated Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Shalini Yadav who got 1,95,159 votes. In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Modi contested on BJP ticket from the constituency for the first time and won the seat. He was polled 5,81,022 votes and defeated Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Arvind Kejriwal who got 2,09,238 votes. Modi defeated Kejriwal by a margin of 3,71,784 votes. Modi also won the Vadodara seat in 2014 but decided to retain Varanasi. He was the Gujarat Chief Minister from 2001 to 2014. Modi represented Rajkot II constituency in the Gujarat Assembly in 2002 and Maninagar thrice in a row in 2002, 2007 and 2012. He is again contesting from the Varanasi constituency in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.
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AAP's Saurabh Bharadwaj claimed if Narendra Modi is re-elected as PM in 2024, "there may not be an election in the country next time.”
Responding to the Opposition's meet called by Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Ghulam Azad said he has not been invited to it.
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Coromandel Express accident: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his grief towards the victims of the Shalimar-Chennai train accident.
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PM Modi has dedicated to the nation the new Parliament building after a grand ceremony which included a havan, a multi-faith prayer ceremony and the installation of the Sengol on Sunday. Speaking at the opening ceremony, PM Modi said that the new building is a reflection of new India's aspirations.
Maharashtra Deputy CM Devendra Fadnavis and Goa CM Pramod Sawant also arrived at BJP headquarters in the national capital for meeting.
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PM Modi on new Parliament building video: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will dedicate the new Parliament building to the nation on May 28 in New Delhi.
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India's New Parliament building will be dedicated to the nation on May 28. Ahead of the opening ceremony, the opposition has upped the ante against the inauguration by PM Modi and announced a boycott. Let's take a look at parties that have extended support and those who are going to boycott.
Assam Rozgar mela: Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said his government had promised to provide 1 lakh government jobs, and now the government is ready to give jobs to 44,703 qualified candidates.
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Slamming the Opposition parties that are going to boycott the inauguration, NDA said, "The audacity of these opposition parties to preach about parliamentary decency and constitutional values is, in the light of their actions, nothing short of laughable."
PM Modi, in effect, placed the report card of his nine-year-old rule. Huge crowd of Indians assembled both inside and outside the arena in Sydney's Olympic Park. They had come with drums to welcome their prime minister.
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