Public image of Narendra Modi

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Narendra Modi

Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, has elicited a number of public perceptions regarding his personality and background.

Personal life

A vegetarian,[1] Modi has a frugal lifestyle and is a workaholic and an introvert.[2] Modi is Hindu and as a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and Bharatiya Janata Party.

As a communicator

Adept at using social media, in September 2014 Modi became the second-most-followed leader in the world with 5 million Twitter subscribers.[3][4] Modi's 31 August 2012 post on Google Hangouts made him the first Indian politician to interact with netizens on live chat.[5][6]

Although he has been called a controversial, polarising and divisive figure by media sources,[7][8][9] British economist Jim O'Neill (author of "Building Better Global Economic BRICs") blogged that Modi is "good on economics" – one of the things "India desperately needs in a leader".[10] In August 2013, financial analyst Chris Wood of CLSA wrote in his weekly "Greed & fear" report: "The Indian stock market's greatest hope is the emergence of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi as the BJP's prime ministerial candidate".[10]

Slogans

Slogans used by Narendra Modi in different occasions such as political meetings, public speeches, in various programs, etc., have become popular. Some of his notable slogans include: "Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat",[11] "Congress Mukt Bharat",[12] "Team India",[13] "Start-up India, Stand-up India",[14][14] "Save water, save energy, save fertilizers",[15] "India first",[16] "Minimum Government, Maximum Governance",[17] "Government has no business to do business",[18] "Make in India"[16][19] "Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas[16] "Zero defect, zero effect",[19] "Justice for all, appeasement to none",[20] "3 D's - Democracy, Demographic dividend and Demand"[21] and "5 T's - Talent, Tradition, Tourism, Trade and Technology".[22]

Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas meaning 'Together with all, Development for all' is a Government of India policy initiative for inclusive development. The slogan was coined by Prime Minister Modi. It was used extensively by Narendra Modi during Lok Sabha election.[23] US Secretary of State John Kerry called it as a great vision and supported it.[24][25][26][27][28]

NRI Audience

Narendra Modi's visits abroad include address to people of Indian origins. First, in the list was his visit to United States Madison Square Garden. In the context, NDTV has reported

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He thanked the crowd of about 18,000 Indian Americans who constantly chanted his name, for the rousing welcome.[29]

— NDTV

For his visit to UAE, Poonam Mahajan says

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Mr. Modi spoke to almost 50,000 Indian expatriates at a grand public reception named "Marhaba (welcome) NaMo, which is being hailed as unprecedented in the history of the UAE, where for the first time a visiting head of state has been given a reception on such a grand scale.[30]

— Poonam Mahajan

Books

  1. Sakthi Pav
  2. Social Harmony
  3. Jyothi Poonah

Fashion

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God has gifted me the sense of mixing and matching colours. So I manage everything on my own. Since I’m God gifted I fit well in everything. I have no fashion designer but I’m happy to hear that I dress well.

Narendra Modi, in The Modi Effect by Lance Price[31][32]

Modi has been called a fashion leader in India, and his clothing choices have been discussed internationally.[33][34] Recognition of his style is a major part of his public image.[31]

Modi wearing a suit with his name embroidered in the pinstripes

In January 2015 while receiving United States President Barack Obama in a state visit at the Hyderabad House, Modi wore a suit with his name embroidered repeatedly in the pinstripes.[35] The suit costing ₹10 lakh (US$15,000) was gifted to him.[36] Modi's political opposition criticized his wearing the suit, complaining that he campaigns on an image of coming from a poor background and living without money while at the same time wearing luxury products such as this suit.[37] Other commentators said that in choosing this suit Modi was being a parvenu,[38] at the height of vanity,[37] going to a ridiculous extreme,[39] and political opposition party leader Jairam Ramesh said that he was a megalomaniac.[36] A month later the suit was auctioned for US$695,000.[37] Journalist Siddharth Varadarajan commented on the public support for the auction by saying "the manner in which Mr. Modi's leadership has been projected is extremely unhealthy in any democratic society".[37]

Modi's usual attire is a kurta and vest,[40] and his unusual half-sleeve kurta is known as the Modi Kurta.[41][42][43] The prime minister's clothes are made of silk or cotton,[40] are crisply ironed [40] and are handmade in Gujarat.[40] Modi has favored certain brands, wearing a Movado watch and Bulgari glasses.[40] When he was chief minister he wore bold, bright colors, changing to pastels as prime minister.[40] For holidays, Modi wears a traditional turban from wherever he is.[40]

He said in 2012 that his clothing was made by Kanahiya Ji Chouhan, who said he has been making similarly-styled attire for Modi since 1974.[44] Some of his clothing has been created by Bollywood fashion designer Troy Costa.[45][46]

In 2009, Modi's clothing was said to be Bollywoodesque and indicative of Gujarat's modernism.[47] In the same way that the clothing choices of Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru were discussed in India and internationally, so also is Modi's fashion continually noted.[48] According to Vogue India editor Priya Tanna in a New York Times blog, "Never before has there been such a strong convergence between what a politician in India stands for and his clothing."[42] Tanna called his clothing choice "100% India": democratic, supportive of Indian industry (separating him from politicians in Western suits), emblematic of his humble birth, clean and hygienic.[42] Responding to Tanna, another commentator said that Modi's fashion choice has no particular meaning and there is no need to interpret it.[49]

Awards and recognitions

Modi received the Gujarat Ratna award at the Ganesh Kala Krida Manch Shri Poona Gujarati Bandhu Samaj centenary celebration[50] and the e-Ratna Award from the Computer Society of India.[51] He was named Best Chief Minister in a 2007 nationwide survey by India Today,[52] and won the Asian 2009 fDi Personality of the Year award from FDi magazine.[53] In March 2012 Modi appeared on the cover of the Asian edition of Time, one of the few Indian politicians to have done so,[54] and made the 2014 Time 100 list of the world's most influential people.[55] He has become the most followed Asian leader on Twitter,[56] and in 2014 was ranked the 15th-most-powerful person in the world by Forbes.[57] In 2015, Modi was one of Time's "30 most influential people on the internet" as the second-most-followed politician on Twitter and Facebook.[58] In 2015, Modi was ranked 5th on Forbes magazine's list of 'World's Greatest Leaders'.[59]

Rankings

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was placed No 2, behind Chinese President Xi Jinping, in a list of 30 top-performing world leaders by a Japanese market research firm.[60]

Ratings

The poll by InstaVaani in February 2016 showed that 74% of the respondents (769) approved of Modi’s performance as prime minister—unchanged from the finding of an end-November 2015 survey, conducted after the ruling coalition’s loss in the crucial Bihar poll.[61]

World records

Narendra Modi and his initiatives have multiple entries in Guinness Book of World Records. Some of them are

Notes

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