New Delhi, June 11 -- Congress MP P Chidambaram on Thursday reacted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi completing 12 years in office, saying that while the milestone is noteworthy, comparisons with former PM Jawaharlal Nehru are misplaced.

As of June 10, the Prime Minister has completed 4,399 days in office, officially surpassing the previous record held by India's first Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru.

In a post on X, Chidambaram said, "4399 days of Shri Narendra Modi continuing as the Prime Minister of India is an achievement worthy of praise. But saying that it has broken Jawaharlal Nehru's achievement is wrong."

Questioning attempts to reframe tenure records, he said, "Can we forget that Nehru served as Prime Minister from 1947 to 19...