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.
Prof PK Sharma, Freelance Journalist,Barnala (Punjab)
Nothing Startling !
It speaks volumes of PM Modi’s non-seriousness and dereliction of his responsibility approach towards the nation, issues and the hot seat in which he has been in for the past more than four years now !
Ironically, when his government is now being assailed for ever mounting unemployment problem in the nation, NaMo has woken up from his deep and long slumber of more than four years !
It is indeed run up to the Marathon- 2019 Lok Sabha Polls that has constrained NaMo to take into account the gravity and magnitude of the problem in question. Hence, the necessity of this meeting with economists and analysts ! It is only the ensuing assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh,Rajasthan, Chhatisgarh,Mizoram and then Lok Sabha Polls which did compel NaMo to pay some heed to the burning problem only for the sake of making some sort of justification during the election campaign that this issue has been under my due and active consideration !
Had he been really serious in keeping poll promise of offering two crore jobs every year, he should have undertaken this exercise of meeting economists and analysts atleast twice in a year to have their feedback and inputs which he is now undertaking just to pretend before the masses that he is serious about the promise that he made in 2013-2014 Lok Sabha Polls campaign.
Irrespective of the outcome, had he reviewed this issue either twice or at least once in a year, he could have been justified in claiming that he did strive very hard to redress this grievance of the youth seriously but could not succeed despite his best efforts?
Now who will believe NaMo that he has been taking this problem of “the demographic dividend” sincerely ?
Even innocent youth will see through his “opportunistic and clever trick ” that every step “now ” which should have bern initiated earlier on is now being taken eyeing votes in ensuing asssembly polls and the Grand Final-Lok Sabha Polls-2019 !
Prof PK Sharma,Freelance Journalist
Pom Anm Nest,Barnala(Punjab)