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Rajasthan ministers pass resolution hailing Modi's 25 years as head of government

Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma's council of ministers joined the Union Cabinet and other BJP-led states in marking the milestone, crediting the Prime Minister with progress on water, power and investment.

From the editorial desk · JaipurPublished
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma (file photo)
Rajasthan Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma (file photo)WriterRajeshPandey / Wikimedia

Key points

  1. Rajasthan's council of ministers met in a special session on Wednesday evening to pass the resolution.
  2. It called Narendra Modi the longest-serving head of government in the country.
  3. The Union Cabinet passed a similar resolution when Modi completed 25 years on 7 October.

Rajasthan’s council of ministers passed a resolution on Wednesday evening congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi on completing 25 years as a head of government, joining a run of BJP-led states that have marked the milestone in the past week.

The resolution was adopted at a special meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma in Jaipur. It describes Modi as the “longest-serving head of government in the country”, counting his years as Chief Minister of Gujarat from 7 October 2001 to 22 May 2014 and his three terms as Prime Minister.

The ministers credited the work culture of “reform, perform and transform” and the goal of a developed India by 2047 “under the vision of Viksit Bharat”. The resolution listed the abrogation of Article 370, the surgical strikes and air strikes, Operation Sindoor and India’s hosting of the G20 and BRICS summits as moments that raised the country’s standing, and cited an IMF assessment of growth at about 7%.

Closer to home, it credited the Prime Minister’s guidance for progress on Rajasthan’s water crisis, its push for self-reliance in power, especially renewable energy, and new industrial investment and tourism.

The Union Cabinet passed its own resolution on 7 October, the day Modi completed 25 years. Information and Broadcasting Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said then that Modi “has created history that is unique in any democratic country”. Cabinets in states including Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh have since followed.