BJP Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha on Wednesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he surpassed India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, to become the country's longest continuously serving elected Prime Minister.
To mark the occasion, Chadha performed a special pooja in Delhi, describing the milestone as a historic moment in Indian politics. He noted that June 10, 2026, marked PM Modi's 4,399th consecutive day in office, surpassing Nehru's record of 4,398 days.
In a detailed post on X, Chadha reflected on the significance of the achievement, highlighting the complexity of governing India, a nation of 1.4 billion people with vast linguistic, cultural and religious diversity and an electorate larger than the population of Europe.
He said that despite these challenges, PM Modi had secured the trust of Indian voters in three consecutive Lok Sabha elections — in 2014, 2019 and 2024.
Delhi: Rajya Sabha MP Raghav Chadha led a puja at Rajinder Nagar on the occasion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi becoming India’s longest continuously serving elected Prime Minister pic.twitter.com/Iy2eVYbC7Z
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"To win the trust of so vast and diverse a nation even once is remarkable. To win it three times over, without a break, is extraordinary," Chadha wrote.
History has been written today.
— Raghav Chadha (@raghav_chadha) June 10, 2026
On 10 June 2026, Hon'ble Prime Minister Narendra Modi ji completes 4,399 consecutive days in office, surpassing the 4,398 days of India's first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru ji, to become the longest continuously serving elected Prime…
Drawing a comparison between Modi and Nehru, the BJP MP argued that the two leaders operated in very different political environments. According to him, Nehru governed during the formative years of independent India when the Congress party enjoyed overwhelming political dominance and faced a fragmented opposition.
In contrast, Chadha said Modi's electoral victories came in an era of coalition politics, powerful regional parties and intense multi-party competition.
He highlighted that Modi delivered absolute majorities for the Bharatiya Janata Party in both the 2014 and 2019 general elections, ending a decades-long gap since India last saw a single-party majority government in 1984. He also pointed to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance's victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections under Modi's leadership.
"To command the trust of so fiercely contested a nation, mandate after mandate, is by any measure the harder achievement," Chadha stated.
Calling the milestone a reflection of the faith repeatedly placed in Modi by the electorate, Chadha wished the Prime Minister good health and a long life, expressing hope that he would continue to receive the support and blessings of the people in the years ahead.
