As Modi surpasses Nehru's record, Cong alleges 'murder of democracy'
Published on: June 11, 2026, 1:12 a.m. | Source: The Tribune
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of presiding over the “murder of democracy” as Modi completed 4,399 consecutive days in office, surpassing India’s first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s record of 4,398 days following the inaugural general election. Dismissing the feat as a “dubiously invented” milestone, Ramesh contrasted Modi’s tenure with Nehru’s formative years in office, highlighting the nation-building measures undertaken in the immediate post-Independence period while alleging that democratic and educational institutions were now under strain.
