Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician who is the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He was Prime Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and Member of Parliament of Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist voluntary organization.
He is the first prime minister outside the Indian National Congress to win two consecutive terms by a full majority and the second to hold office five years after Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Described as a political reorientation towards right-wing politics, Modi remains controversial at home and abroad over his Hindu nationalist beliefs and role during the 2002 Gujarat riots.
Narendra Modi has an estimated net worth of $25 million.
Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician, the 14th Prime Minister and incumbent of India since 2014. He was Prime Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and Member of Parliament of Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and its National Democratic Alliance. He is also a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, a voluntary Hindu nationalist organization. He was the first prime minister born after India’s independence, the second non-national prime minister to win two consecutive terms after Atal Bihari Vajpayee, and the first prime minister outside of parliament to win both terms. The majority is in Lok Sabha. Modi was born and raised in Vadnagar, a small town northeast of Gujarat. He graduated from high school there and is said to have helped his father sell tea at the local train station. He was introduced to RSS when he was 8 years old.
| Born | Narendra Damodardas Modi, September 17, 1950, Vadnagar, Bombay State, Republic of India (present-day Gujarat) |
| Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Other political affiliations | National Democratic Alliance |
| Spouse(s) | Jashodaben Modi (1968, estranged) |
| Mother | Hiraben Modi |
| Father | Damodardas Mulchand Modi |
| Residence | 7, Lok Kalyan Marg, New Delhi, Delhi, India |
| Alma mater | University of Delhi (BA), Gujarat University (MA) |
| Net worth | ₹ 2.85 Crore |
| President | Pranab Mukherjee, Ram Nath Kovind |
| Preceded by | Manmohan Singh |
About Narendra Modi
As a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he became the 15th in May 2014. He was previously Chief Minister of the Indian state of Gujarat and held the record for the longest tenure of a Chief Minister in the history of Gujarat.
Narendra Modi before fame
As a teenager, he and his brother owned a tea stand.
Narendra Modi success
In 2002, his government was criticized for failing to protect Muslims in Gujarat from Hindu massacres.
Narendra Modi family life
He was the third of Damodarda Mulchand Modi’s six children. In 1968 he married Jashodaben Modi.
Narendra Modi associations
After the Gujarat bloodbath in 2002, then Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee [Politician] urged him to resign.
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