Narendra Modi

Hindu

Narendra Modi has been sworn in as the chief minister of the western Indian state of Gujarat for a third consecutive term. Mr Modi was sworn in at a ceremony in Ahmedabad.

His Hindu nationalist BJP won 117 of 182 seats in the state assembly - its fourth consecutive victory. Its main rival, the Congress party, won 59.

Referendum :-
Correspondents say the BJP's victory in Gujarat will boost the party ahead of a general election due in 18 months.

Analysts say Mr Modi, who is credited with pursuing successful economic policies, turned the election into a referendum over himself - defying local party chiefs.

The Gujarat victory is a big boost to the BJP :

At a meeting of party workers on Monday, however, he refused this.

"It is a perverted thought to say I am bigger than the party," he said.

"If you widen your focus, you would see thousands of BJP workers who have lifted me up on their shoulders."

Indian newspapers have variously described Mr Modi's victory as "historic" and "triumphant".

The Times of India said: "He has led the BJP to its fourth consecutive win in Gujarat defying anti-incumbency factors and a rebellion within the party."

The Congress party campaigned hard to defeat him, with major rallies by its top leaders including Sonia Gandhi and her son, Rahul, the latest member of the Nehru-Gandhi dynasty in Indian politics.

Interests:

Only Politics

Favorite Music:

Simple Music

Favorite Movies:

Gandhi, Sardar

Favorite Books:

All Mahatma Gandhi's books, Hindu religious books.

Favorite TV Shows:

Only news channels

Favorite Quotations:

"To forgive is not to forget. The merit lies in loving in spite of the vivid knowledge that the one that must be loved is not a friend." - Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

And

"There's no red tape in Gujarat, only red carpets"

About Me:

I was born on 17 September 1950 to a middle class family in Vadnagar in Mehsana district of North Gujarat. Then I completed my schooling in Vadnagar and gained a masters graduate degree in Political Science from Gujarat University. As a young man, I joined the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, a student organization and was involved in the anti-corruption Nav Nirmāṇ ("Reconstruction") Movement. After working as a full time organizer for the organization, I was later nominated as its representative in the Bharatiya Janata Party.

I started with RSS and as a swaymsevak, had to go underground during the The Emergency (India) declared by the then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi. I joined the Bharatiya Janata Party in early 1987.

I helped maintain the relations between the RSS and the BJP. In 1988 I was recognized as master strategist of the party and was entrusted as the General Secretary of the Gujarat State BJP unit. During 1988-1995, I undertook and successfully carried out two major projects of BJP initiated by Lal Krishna Advani -- (a) Somnath to Ayodhya Rath Yatra and (b) a march from Kanyakumari, the southern end of India to Kashmir, the North of India.

In 1995, I became the National Secretary of the party with the charge of five major states. In 1995, BJP came to power with two third majority in Gujarat Assembly. Since then, Gujarat is under the rule of BJP. In 1998 I was promoted to the post of General Secretary (Organization) of BJP, I held the office till October 2001, then I became the 14th Chief Minister of Gujarat.