GUWAHATI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday became the fourth-longest serving Prime Minister of India surpassing Atal Bihari Vajpayee's tenure. The feat also makes PM Modi the country's longest-serving Prime Minister not from Congress.
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PM Modi has now been in office for over six years, winning back-to-back terms with 282 and 303 Lok Sabha seats in 2014 and 2019 respectively.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister of India for a total of 2,273 days. Narendra Modi, who assumed charge on 26 May 2014, has spent 2,273 days in office as of 14 August 2020. This means that coming 15 August, he will break Vajpayee’s record.
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The longest-serving Prime Minister of India is Jawaharlal Nehru, who spent over 16 years in office and died while still holding the position. His daughter Indira Gandhi holds the second-longest tally, and is followed Manmohan Singh. Modi is the fourth longest-serving prime minister.