Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed 25 years in public office on Thursday. He addressed a Viksit Bharat Sankalp Sabha to mark the milestone. The Prime Minister gave a new slogan, “We Will Do It”, to drive the goal of a developed India by 2047.

Modi first took public office as the Chief Minister of Gujarat in 2001. He later became the Prime Minister of India in 2014. He is now serving his third straight term in office. Few leaders in India’s history have spent this long in high public office.

At the event, he said the journey from 2001 to 2026 was built on the trust of ordinary people. He asked citizens to take up the developed India goal as a personal mission. The slogan is meant to carry the Viksit Bharat campaign forward.

Leaders and workers across the country marked the day with programmes in their states. The BJP said the 25-year journey shows how stable leadership can change a nation’s direction. Opposition leaders did not comment on the milestone during the day.