Follow the leader
- POSTED ON: 23 Jun, 2020
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- POSTED BY: Madhuvanti S. Krishnan
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The Prime Minister of India is the leader of the executive of the Government of India. He/she is the chief adviser to the President of India and the head of the Union Council of Ministers. The Prime Minister can be a member of any of the two houses of the Parliament of India — the Lok Sabha (House of the People) and the Rajya Sabha (Council of the States). He/she is the senior-most member of cabinet in the executive of government, in a parliamentary system, and can select and dismiss members of the cabinet; allocates posts to members within the government, and is the presiding member and chairperson of the cabinet.
The current present Prime Minister is Narendra Modi.
Do you know the many Prime Ministers of India since Independence?