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.
useless and motivated article and without any fact just twisting of fact or perhaps auther dont know any thing about democracy or Indian politics and social structure whether in 1950s or 2010s
Modiji is PM of developed India .Nehru was PM of divided poor India for 17years.
One must presume the author is working towards building up a larger than life ‘democrat’ in Modi. Seems very well-timed considering that it comes in the wake of the PM’s pronouncements on Intra-party democracy. The beginnings of the use of ‘Pandit’ by Jawaharlal Nehru is now being given a new twist, one cannot tell yet if it was his attempt to adopt the upper crust angle to his persona. As for using the Raghuram Rajan criticism of the demonetisation to show the present PM as a better democrat is stretching things too far. Such comments have come from earlier RBI governors, but then we did not live in such troubled times. To think that the PM has had the final say on the Doklam issue vis-a-vis our neighbour comes out of inability to look back on how the Chinese have engineered their foreign policy and understand how China operates. Last but not the least every arm of govt must evolve over the years, and the same has happened to our judiciary. The SC’s verdict may be a Great Leap Forward, but how much of it gets translated in the final reckoning matters. This is yet another analysis aimed at elevating Modi before the average Indian. Basically, let common sense prevail. Let not attempt to displace leaders of repute within a term of PM ship be the end in itself of Modi and those who believe that he is the Messiah India is waiting for.
The narrative is biased and selective … It mainly draws on Nehru’s failures as vestiges of his autocracy which is incorrect. He forgets to mention the very checks and balances he mentions as the pillars of today’s democracy was largely created by Ambedkar and nurtured by Nehru. He forgets to mention people like S P Mukherjee J B Kriplani R M Lohia and Rajaji who criticized him in less forgiving ways than Rajan (they were not retaliated against politically) Nehru wanted to resign at least thrice from the premiership but was not allowed by Congress. It is simply fallacious to even compare an openly communal sword wielding demagogue with “Panditji” whatever his faults were. In fact it has been said to even compare Nepolaon with Hitler is greatest insult to the former and the best compliment to the latter … The case of Nehru and Modi is similar