Narendra Damodardas Modi (
pronunciation (help·info); born 17 September 1950) is the 14th and current
Chief Minister of Gujarat, a state in western India, representing the
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). He is the
prime ministerial candidate of the BJP and the
centre-right National Democratic Alliance for the upcoming
2014 Indian general elections.
Modi was a key strategist for the BJP in the successful 1995 and 1998
Gujarat state election campaigns. He first became chief minister of
Gujarat in October 2001, being promoted to the office upon the
resignation of his predecessor,
Keshubhai Patel,
following the defeat of BJP in by-elections. In July 2007, he became
the longest-serving Chief Minister in Gujarat's history when he had been
in power for 2,063 days continuously. He is currently into his fourth
consecutive term as Chief Minister.
Modi is a member of the
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) and is described as a
Hindu nationalist by media, scholars and himself.
[1][2][3][4] He is a controversial figure both within India and internationally.
[5][6][7][8] While his administration has been criticised for the incidents surrounding the
2002 Gujarat violence,
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he has also been praised for his economic policies which are credited
with creating the environment for the high economic growth in Gujarat.
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