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* His profile at a Gujarat government website. | ||
| * Gujarat's progress under Modi's leadership | * Gujarat's progress under Modi's leadership | ||
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Narendra Damodardas Modi (born September 17, 1950, Gujarat, India) has been the Chief Minister of Gujarat since October 7, 2001.
He was born in Vadnagar, a town in the northern Mehsana district of Gujarat, to a middle-class Hindu family. As a young man, he joined the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh. He became a fulltime worker and organiser for it, and was later nominated by it to be a representative on the Bharatiya Janata Party.
He participated in the rise to political dominance of Gujarat by the Bharatiya Janata Party as its elections organiser in the early 1990s, a period which led to its election in 1995. He became Gujarat's Chief Minister in 2001, promoted to that office when his predecessor Keshubhai Patel resigned, following the defeat of the BJP in by-elections.
Some people, espcially those in India's English language media, contend that Narendra Modi is a controversial figure. But his popularity among the people of Gujarat borders on stardom ].
Modi shot into prominence following 2002 Gujarat violence, which left, according to official estimates, 259 Hindus and 790 Muslims dead. There are allegations that he and his administration acted in a biased manner refusing to save Muslim lives. The matter is still being investigated, though the judicial Commission appointed to probe the violence has, on occasion, stated that it had not "as yet" found any evidence of Modi's involvement in the riots. Despite the allegations against him, Modi won a landslide victory in elections to the state legislature conducted soon after the violence. Peace has since then returned to Gujarat, and the state has made significant economic progress under Modi's administration, winning four international awards for its development-oriented policies.
References
- Narendramodi.org, promotes Modi as a person
- His profile at a Gujarat government website.
- Gujarat's progress under Modi's leadership