New Delhi, June 11 -- The Union Cabinet on Wednesday passed a resolution congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi after he became India's continuously serving, longest-serving elected prime minister. According to the government, Modi completed 4,399 consecutive days as an elected prime minister on June 10, overtaking Jawaharlal Nehru's record of 4,398 continuous days in office between 1952 and 1964.

The Cabinet, which gave a standing ovation to the PM, also noted that the milestone comes as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government completes 12 years in office under Modi's leadership.

"Nehru ji came from a political background and a political family. The country had a different mood then, India had just got independence from ...