Narendra Modi

Modi helped organise the BJP’s campaign in the 1995 and 1998 Gujarat legislative assembly elections, and was a major campaign figure in the 2009 general elections for the Lok Sabha (lower house of India’s Parliament). Modi was named the BJP’s candidate for chief minister in the 2001 Gujarat legislative assembly election, winning a seat in a February 2002 by-election. He succeeded the incumbent BJP chief minister, Keshubhai Patel, whose administration had faced public ire after the government’s mishandling of relief efforts following the 2001 Gujarat earthquake. Modi was sworn in as the chief minister of Gujarat in October 2001. He was elected from Maninagar in the 2002 Gujarat legislative assembly election, and retained the seat in elections in 2007 and 2012. During his tenure, Gujarat’s economy grew rapidly, but his administration was criticised for its handling of the 2002 Gujarat riots and its human development indices. Modi led the BJP in the 2014 Indian general election which resulted in an outright majority for the BJP, the first for any party since 1984, and the first time a non-Congress party won a majority on its own. Modi’s administration invoked the revocation of Article 370 of the Constitution of India, which granted autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated it into the union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. His party won the 2019 Indian general election and increased its majority in the Lok Sabha. In his second term, Modi’s administration passed the Citizenship Amendment Act, which resulted in widespread protests across the country and was criticised as discriminating against India’s Muslim minority. The COVID-19 pandemic had serious negative economic effects in India, and the government was criticised for its handling of the migrants’ crisis during the subsequent lockdown. In the 2024 general election, the BJP lost its majority and Modi formed a coalition government with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) after the alliance won the election.

Under Modi’s tenure, India has experienced democratic backsliding, or the weakening of democratic institutions, processes, and norms. Modi’s administration has used state power to target critics and human rights, including through press censorship, politically motivated arrests, and violence against Muslims. The economy has also slowed and unemployment increased, although infrastructure development increased. Modi has received consistently high approval ratings in India. Modi has been recognised with national and international awards for contributions to diplomacy and development.

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• Brief Bio: Narendra Modi is India’s Prime Minister since 2014, the first born post-independence, rising from a tea seller and RSS pracharak to BJP leader and three-term PM; he served as Gujarat’s Chief Minister (2001-2014), focusing on economic growth amid controversies like the 2002 riots; his national tenure includes reforms in economy, infrastructure, and foreign policy, while using X to share governance updates, cultural greetings, and inspirational messages to foster self-reliance and global ties

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