Narendra Modi is India’s 14th prime minister and has been in power since May 2014. He is the first prime minister to have been born after Independence. Modi is a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has served as Gujarat Chief Minister from 2001 to 2014. His Lok Sabha constituency Varanasi, though, is in Uttar Pradesh, and Modi has represented this seat 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.
Export performance is the litmus test. It captures the global competitiveness of the Indian economy. Our foreign trade is now becalmed between two parallel lines : $ 500 billion of imports, $ 300 billion of exports. 2. Being a free enterprisewallah, used to disdain both the Planning Commission and Niti Aayog. However, I read recently that the Planning Commission used to produce very high quality, well researched, scholarly reports, using foreign experts as well. A little showy now.
This is Modi’s speciality. He never talks about HOW his govt will fix the problematic issues. He only dangles this sweet rosy vision in front of people and draws an alluring picture. And we, the people, like complete id io ts swallow it. We don’t have the brains to ask for answers of how, when, what. Let us see how long this sleigh of words will last. In the meanwhile, the economy is going down the tubes. We deserve it for voting for this govt.
Modi has raised the hopes of billions of Indians. Nobody can help people who keep their eyes covered with black strips.