Narendra Modi is the 14th Prime Minister of India, holding office since May 2014. He is the first prime minister born after India’s independence and a prominent leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Prior to becoming the nation’s prime minister, Modi served as the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014, where he gained national prominence. He represents the Varanasi constituency in Uttar Pradesh in the Lok Sabha, a seat he has held since 2014.
Narendra Modi joined the RSS, the BJP’s ideological parent, in the 1970s and joined the BJP in 1987. The following year he was chosen as the party’s general secretary for Gujarat. Modi took oath as Gujarat CM in 2001, after replacing Keshubhai Patel, who was held responsible for the government’s poor response to the Bhuj earthquake. Modi contested his first-ever election in 2002, shortly after which the Gujarat riots fueled controversy over his leadership. The Supreme Court in 2022 gave a clean chit to Modi and 63 others in a plea exploring a larger conspiracy behind the riots.
Known for his extensive foreign tours, Modi has been credited with raising India’s global profile. Events like “Howdy Modi” in the U.S. and his visits to countries such as Israel, Japan, and the UAE have underscored his foreign policy successes. He is said to have developed strong relations with top world leaders, including U.S. President Joe Biden, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
However, Modi’s leadership has been marked by several controversial statements, especially leading up to the 2024 elections. These include remarks on national security, religion, and political opposition, which have ignited debates.
A j!h@d sympathiser who wears on his sleeve a religious identity that strove for centuries to erase every other will never be acceptable as an “authentic” representation of Bharata, or India, modern or premodern. End of story.
Dear Vir Sanghvi, Just because Zohran is a proud Muslim, who has not forgotten his culture of Indian roots, it doesn’t make him an “authentic Indian”. He is the product of the open western culture with liberal leftist mindset. There may be many Indians like him in our country, but Zohran is not an “”authentic Indian”. Zohran Mamdani would be one of millions had he been working in Uganda, or South Africa or India or in any Muslim country. He reaped the benefits of the open culture USA democrats provided. It is to be noted that he told that there are no Muslims in Gujrat, that Kashmir is an occupied territory, he supports Hamas of the Palestine.
There was Rishi Sunak, before you went gaga over Mamdani. Vivek Ramaswamy didn’t convert either. Honestly, leftist bootlickers ar it again.
Excellent article. As an atheist PIO, I detest the “alliance” between the right wings of the two nations, and I am more than a little gleeful that the desis here who seemed so enthralled with Trump have met their comeuppance. Mamdani represents America’s present and definitely its future as a multi-racial, multi-ethnic society. Today, the forces opposing this are making a lot of noise and may even seem ascendant, but there is absolutely no way to unmelt the melting pot that is America.
What a bizzare assertion. How is someone like Zohran Mamdani “an authentic representation of modern India”? What about someone like Rishi Sunak? Mr. Sunak also did not convert to Christianity and nor does he downplay his Indian roots. In fact, Mr. Sunak’s wife is an Indian citizen, which, in my mind, gives him a stronger association with India than Mr. Mamdani, whose wife is of Syrian origin. In fact, the part that Mr. Sanghvi cleverly downplays, i.e., the policies and politics of Mr. Mamdani, is the one that we should be paying attention to the most. From what I have seen so far, Mr. Mamdani is just an Islamist in a suit. How he is representative of modern India in beyond me.
I am pretty certain at this point that any article by Vir Sangvi in Print is a massive waste of space. He has no insight to offer on anything of importance in our current affairs and I believe the only reason periodically an article by him only appears to massage his ego
Why would he convert? He is a Muslim, they don’t convert, they would rather convert others!
And no, he isn’t going to do anything to advance Indian interests – caring about this country won’t come naturally to him given his Communist ideology and religion. This combo is lethal and you hear him pride himself on his religion, never about India.
NY is welcome to keep him. He doesn’t represent modern Indians or any Indians for that matter.