Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi
Narendra Damodardas Modi, born 17 September 1950) is the 14th and current Prime Minister of India, in office since 26 May 2014. Modi, a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party, was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament from Varanasi. He led the BJP in the 2014 general election, which gave the party a majority in the Lok Sabha, for the first time since 1984 general elections...
NationalityIndian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth17 September 1950
CityVadnagar, India
CountryIndia
We are not here for any positions but for a responsiblity.
I don't believe UPA government did nothing; they did whatever they could and they deserve appreciation for whatever good they did.
This election result has increased people's faith in democracy.
I will try to live up to expectations of people; will present report card to people in 2019.
I am not doing any favour, only performing a duty; this victory is a result of struggle of five generations.
Want to assure people there is no need for pessimism going by the past bad experience; country has huge potential.
Hung verdict would have meant anger against previous govt; Clear verdict to BJP shows people voted for hope and aspiration.
There is new hope among people that this dispensation can fulfill their aspirations.
It is not easy to fight elections with a development motto and I am glad people of Gujarat rose above personal and emotional tangles and prioritized development over everything else.
From my intimate discussions with President Obama, it is evident that India figures significantly in American geo-political, economic and strategic thinking. India is the largest democracy in the world.
I want to do small things, for small people, and to make the small people big...
We should pass the U.N.'s Comprehensive Convention on International Terrorism. At least it will clearly establish whom you view as a terrorist and whom you don't. We need to delink terrorism from religion - to isolate terrorists who use this interchange of arguments between terrorism and religion.
Gujarat is the fourth state in the world where we have a separate climate-change department.
For me, my secularism is, India first. I say, the philosophy of my party is 'Justice to all. Appeasement to none.' This is our secularism.