Narendra Damodardas Modi

Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current prime minister of India since 2014. Modi served as Gujarat's chief minister from 2001 to 2014 and is a Member of Parliament from Varanasi. He is a supporter of the BJP and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a right-wing Hindu nationalist paramilitary volunteer organization. He is the longest-serving prime minister from a political party other than the Indian National Congress. Modi was born and raised in Vadnagar, Gujarat, and completed his secondary school there. He was introduced to the RSS when he was eight years old. He began working full-time with the RSS in 1971.

Following the earthquake in Bhuj in 2001, Modi was appointed Chief Minister of Gujarat due to Keshubhai Patel's worsening health and poor public image. Modi was elected to the parliamentary assembly rapidly. His administration has been accused of complicity in the 2002 Gujarat riots, which killed 1044 people, three-quarters of whom were Muslims or has been rebuked for how it handled the situation. Modi led the BJP to victory in the 2014 general election, giving the party a majority in India's lower house of parliament, the Lok Sabha, for the first time since 1984. Modi's government has attempted to stimulate foreign direct investment in the Indian economy while cutting spending on healthcare, education, and social welfare programs. Modi consolidated power by dissolving the Planning Commission. He oversaw the country's response to the COVID-19 epidemic. Modi has received continuously strong approval ratings during his tenure. Modi is considered as causing a political realignment toward right-wing politics, and his handling of the Gujarat riots in 2002 has been seen as evidence of an exclusionary social agenda both locally and abroad.

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