Modi's India: Hindu Nationalism and the Rise of Ethnic Democracy

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Subjects listed in Narendra Modi's Gujarat University degree were not in syllabus, says ex-professor". It organised a rally of Hindu activists in 1992 that led to its destruction, sparking Hindu-Muslim riots across South Asia. Modi was born and raised in Vadnagar in northeastern Gujarat, where he completed his secondary education. The funds dedicated to poverty-reduction programmes and social welfare measures were greatly reduced by Modi's administration. Gujarat also had a high rate of economic growth in the 1990s, before Modi took office; some scholars have stated growth did not much accelerate during his tenure.

During the run-up to the general election, there was wide-ranging scepticism about future of the strategic bilateral relationship under Modi's premiership; in 2005, while Chief Minister of Gujarat, Modi was denied a US visa during the presidency of George W. The marriage was unconsummated and Modi kept it secret because he would not have been able to become a pracharak in the puritanical RSS. Donald Trump, Boris Johnson, and other leaders win Ig Nobel awards for teaching people about life and death". In 2016, Modi's administration launched the Ujjwala scheme to provide free liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) connections to rural households.Modi’s India is an exhaustive account of contemporary Indian politics, which impressively draws on numerous sources and examines a range of issues . The nomination of Modi for the prime-ministership drew attention to his reputation as "one of contemporary India's most controversial and divisive politicians". Gujarat expanded the Jyotigram Yojana scheme, in which agricultural electricity was separated from other rural electricity; the agricultural electricity was rationed to fit scheduled irrigation demands, reducing its cost. f] In the 2014 Indian general election, Modi led the BJP to a parliamentary majority, the first for a party since 1984. The Narendra Modi led government completed two years in power in May 2016 and the prime minister has made his mark on both the domestic and foreign policy fronts.

In 2019, the Modi administration passed a citizenship law that provides a route to Indian citizenship for persecuted religious minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan who are Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis or Christians, [265] [266] but does not grant eligibility to Muslims. The loss of jobs was attributed to the 2016 banknote demonetisation, and the effects of the Goods and Services Tax. Modi submitted his resignation at the April 2002 BJP national executive meeting in Goa but it was not accepted. The Modi government bought the S-400 missile system, an anti-missile striking system, strengthening the relationship between the two nations. His administration has been criticised for using a democratic mandate to undermine democratic processes, including focusing on Hindu-nationalist priorities rather than economic development.Applications were filed with the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) under the RTI Act seeking details of his arrest. PM Narendra Modi, a 2019 Hindi-language biographical drama film by Omung Kumar, stars Vivek Oberoi in the titular role and covers Modi's rise to the premiership. Hall, Ian (2019), "India's 2019 General Election: National Security and the Rise of the Watchmen", The Round Table: The Commonwealth Journal of International Affairs, 108 (5): 507–519, 510, doi: 10. To comply with the law prohibiting MPs from representing more than one constituency, he vacated the Vadodara seat. As Modi rose to prominence in India, the UK [163] and the EU [164] lifted their bans in October 2012 and March 2013, respectively, and after his election as prime minister in 2014, the US lifted its ban and invited him to Washington, D.