PM Narendra Modi completes 2 decades in public office; Here's how BJP plans to celebrate

New Delhi, Oct 7: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has completed a total of two decades in public office on Thursday, which makes him the longest-serving head of an elected government after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi.

 

In the last two decades, Modi, currently serving his second term as PM, has gone from being a stalwart chief minister to one of the most popular leaders in the world. Narendra Modi, first sworn in as the chief minister of Gujarat in 2001. Modi served 12 years and 227 days (4,607) as the chief minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014. He was elected as the 14th PM of India in 2014 and since then he has been in office for 2,671 days.

 

 

On this occasion, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has planned a series of events to mark the completion of two decades of uninterrupted service in the public office by Narendra Modi. The party intends to celebrate the occasion with a string of activities which includes spreading awareness about Narendra Modi's works in public office and also undertaking cleanliness campaigns in accordance with the Swachh Bharat vision of the Prime Minister.

 

"Party workers will mark the day by cleaning the rivers, spreading awareness among the public about the work done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on booth level and other such social programmes,” the ANI news agency reported earlier this week, citing BJP functionaries familiar with the matter. "Party workers will make people aware of the policies at every booth in the country."

 

 

The Swachh Bharat Mission, envisioned by Prime Minister Modi, considers the cleanliness of rivers an integral part of the drive to make India dirt-free. Launching the Swachh Bharat 2.0 mission earlier this month, Modi said that the plan is to make every city in India “water-secure” to ensure that the rivers are not polluted by sewage. In accordance with this vision, the BJP workers are planning to undertake a drive on Thursday to clean the rivers in the country, as a mark of respect to the policies introduced by Narendra Modi in his two decades of public service.

 

 

In honour of PM Modi’s two decades in the public office, temples and gurudwaras across the country will perform prayers for the long life of the prime minister. DNA reported that Langar will also be offered as part of the Seva Samarpan scheme, which was launched by PM Modi on his 71st birthday.