The Union Cabinet on Wednesday passed a resolution backing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's vision of a "Viksit Bharat" and praising his leadership on national security, inclusive growth and social justice, as he became India's longest continuously serving elected prime minister.

The resolution, adopted at a Cabinet meeting chaired by Modi, congratulated him on surpassing Jawaharlal Nehru's record of 4,398 days as the elected prime minister, and expressed confidence that under his leadership, India would continue to "scale new heights as a self-reliant, secure and prosperous nation".