India, June 10 -- As Prime Minister Narendra Modi became India's longest continuously serving elected leader on Wednesday, BJP MP Raghav Chadha observed the milestone by comparing it with the country's first PM, Jawaharlal Nehru.

Modi completed 4,399 consecutive days in office on June 10, overtaking Nehru's record of 4,398 days as an elected Prime Minister. While congratulating Modi, Chadha focused on what he described as the significance of securing three successive mandates in a vastly different political era.

On X, Chadha said Modi's victories in 2014, 2019 and 2024 represented "three successive mandates from the people of India, each one a renewed act of faith."

Drawing a comparison with Nehru's tenure, Chadha argued that the two l...