After nearly 60 years after the first Prime Minister of independent India, Jawaharlal Nehru, Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister of the country for the third time, setting a new historical record.
While the BJP won 240 seats on its own in the recent Lok Sabha elections, it is back in power with the support of 293 members along with other parties of the National Democratic Alliance.
Modi has also achieved the record of becoming the first non-Congress leader in the history of independent India to win three consecutive Lok Sabha elections and become the Prime Minister since Jawaharlal Nehru, the first Prime Minister in the history of independent India.
At the time of India’s independence, the Congress installed Jawaharlal Nehru as the country’s first Prime Minister.
He was the Prime Minister of India from 15 August 1947 until his death of a heart attack on 27 May 1964.
Nehru became the Prime Minister in the first general election of independent India from October 1951 to February 1952 and then won the Lok Sabha elections in 1957.
The Congress won the 1962 Lok Sabha elections and Nehru became the Prime Minister for the third time.
With Nehru as prime minister again, there are many reasons for the Congress’s success in India’s first 3 elections.
At that time, Congress was the only national party in all the states. Congress had a good reputation throughout the country and Nehru had a good influence as it had been involved in the freedom struggle for a long time.
Also, Congress was the largest party in all the states. Hence, Nehru faced no opposition in any state.
A traditional political family background, the support of national leaders like Mahatma Gandhi in the Indian freedom struggle, and popular influence helped Jawaharlal Nehru become prime minister for three consecutive terms.
Former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, who succeeded Nehru, became the first Prime Minister after the death of then Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri in 1966.
Indira Gandhi became the prime minister after winning the elections in 1967 and 1971 and again in 1980 and remained the prime minister until her death on October 31, 1984. But he also did not become Prime Minister for three consecutive terms.
So after 60 years, people have elected PM Modi to lead India for the 3rd time in a row.
Prime Minister Modi, who won for the first time in 2014, won the election in 2019 and became the Prime Minister for the second time. Now, he has become the Prime Minister for the 3rd time.
The situation in India was different when Nehru became Prime Minister 3 times. Nehru had no opposition. But not so with Modi.
Multiple protests. In 2014, 2019 and 2024, all the opposition parties in India actively campaigned that Modi should not be the Prime Minister.
People’s thoughts, preferences and needs are likely to change in five years. So, winning elections is very difficult for India.
As the face of a party, if it wants to win as Prime Minister three times in a row, that leader must be supreme, have the trust of the people and be full of people’s minds. Only then can he continue to win elections and come to power.
In India, the world’s largest democracy with a diverse population of 1.4 billion, retaining the top spot for the third time in a row is no easy task.
It is beyond all these that Prime Minister Modi has achieved this feat.
India’s first Prime Minister Nehru served as Prime Minister for 16 years and 286 days, followed by Indira Gandhi for 15 years and 350 days. Manmohan Singh was the Prime Minister for 10 years and 4 days. Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister for 6 years and 80 days. Prime Minister Modi has created a new record in this series as well.
Since 2014, Prime Minister Modi, who has been the Prime Minister for 10 years and 19 days, has become the Prime Minister again and has also set a new record of being the longest serving Prime Minister.
Prime Minister Modi has achieved another feat without making any noise. Since assuming office as Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001, he served as Chief Minister of Gujarat for 13 consecutive years and assumed office as Prime Minister in 2014. Now he is taking oath as the Prime Minister of India for the third time.
Not only in the history of Indian politics, but in the history of world politics, no single person has held the highest office of the country for more than 23 consecutive years.
Not only this, a person who was the Chief Minister of a state has never been the Prime Minister of India for the 3rd consecutive term. It must be said that Prime Minister Modi has created a new record in this too.
Born in an average Indian family in a village in independent India, Prime Minister Modi, who worked in a teak shop at an early age, has become the Prime Minister of India for the third time, and the world appreciates it as a truly great achievement.
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