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.
Correctly identified. What we all seek is prosperity, the means of which is clearly not understood by our social elite as well, forget the man on the street. The solutions seems for me is to enable the citizenry – men, women, Muslims, Tribals, Dalits …all section of the society, rather than handouts. Let’s begin by educating our people, all of them. Open schools in all villages, all localities to guarantee quantity education for all, particularly women. Enabled citizen will lead. Another subconscious fear we have is the fear of foreign businesses. May be because the way a trading company completely defeated us and made its colony. Things have changed now, we have a functional democratic govt in place and in control as well. So, OPEN up. Embrace the world’s modern economic driver – the international industrial ecosystem. Allow free flow of businesses to come, reduce import duties on all imports. Allow 100 percent foreign ownerships of businesses in all areas by default. If we are fearful about British or French or the Chinese companies, ok no problem, Start with America. Open the door fully to the free flow of American, Australian, Scandinavian businesses. Allow them to feel at home here in India, we will prosper as well. In the free world, a business has no permanent address, only a permanent goal – profit. So, let’s conquer our deep seated fear. So Open up. Another big hangup we have is wealth, at least the intellectual class has this problem.