New Delhi, June 10 -- Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on becoming India's longest-serving elected Prime Minister, hailing his leadership as transformative and instrumental in reshaping the country's growth trajectory over the past 12 years.

In a post on X, Goyal noted that Prime Minister Modi had completed 4,399 consecutive days in office, surpassing the record of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who served 4,398 continuous days after India's first general election.

"4,399 days and counting...A historic day as PM Narendra Modi ji becomes the longest-serving elected Prime Minister of India today," Goyal wrote.

The Union Minister said that under PM Modi's leadership, India had wi...