Reportedly people assume narendra modi loves to talk but after spending almost 30 minutes with the prime minister earlier this August, this writer discovered that Modi actually loves to listen. Honest ground feedback gets him engrossed, his mind is razor-sharp at 74 to catch the key inputs, and his wealth of experience of india shows in his words that invariably carry a cue for his future moves. Meanwhile with the lok sabha elections scheduled in 2024, those close to PM Modi feel he has outdone in terms of gains in J&K under the atal bihari vajpayee regime, which had tried to resolve the issue. Another key landmark in Modi’s life will be him inaugurating the Shri ram temple in ayodhya on january 22, 2024 after he did the temple’s ‘Bhoomi Pujan’ three years ago.
Furthermore India’s economic recovery in 2023 by becoming the fastest-growing economy in the post-Covid world, and the successful G20 presidency as well as a nuanced stand on the Russia-Ukraine war and the Israel-Palestine conflict has firmly placed Modi as a world leader to reckon with and one having a vision for his country as well as the world. Modi’s state visit to the US this year was another landmark event in his growth as a world leader with US President Joe Biden acknowledging his popularity and later playing a key role while visiting india to help Modi achieve a diplomatic coup in form of a “joint declaration” at the G20 Summit.
Moreover the PM himself has thrown the challenge to the india front by saying from an open stage this month that his hat-trick as the PM is “guaranteed”. Modi has brought back the corruption plank against the Congress, which he had used effectively in 2014 to beat the UPA and retire manmohan singh as the Prime Minister. Modi’s pitch is simple this is not a remote-controlled government and he is the captain of the ship whom the people should trust to steer the country out of any trouble, be it Covid-19 pandemic or Pakistan-sponsored terror. Also, this is the government under which the ram temple in ayodhya has become a reality Modi has proclaimed. So far, people do not seem to be buying any other political narrative.
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