Narendra Modi

Narendra Modi is an Indian politician who has served as prime minister since 2014 and leads the Bharatiya Janata Party. He previously served as chief minister of Gujarat.

Amit Shah: An Indian politician and senior BJP leader who has served as home minister and party president. A longtime political ally, he helped build the BJP’s electoral organization alongside Modi.
Demonetisation in India: India’s 2016 withdrawal of high-value banknotes from legal tender, announced with little advance notice. The policy became a defining economic intervention of Modi’s first term.
2014 Indian general election: India’s national election in which the BJP won a parliamentary majority and Modi became prime minister. The result marked Modi’s transition from state politics to national executive power.
Hindutva: A political ideology that defines Indian nationhood through Hindu cultural identity. It informs the BJP’s ideological context and debates about Modi-era governance.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee: An Indian politician who served three terms as prime minister and led the BJP’s earlier national governments. His premiership provides an earlier BJP model for Modi’s national leadership.
Goods and Services Tax (India): India’s nationwide indirect tax introduced in 2017 to replace many central and state levies. Its rollout was a major effort to unify taxation under Modi’s government.
2019 Indian general election: India’s national election in which the BJP increased its parliamentary majority under Modi’s leadership. Its outcome showed the durability of his national electoral coalition.
Secularism in India: The constitutional and political principle that the Indian state has no official religion and treats religions impartially. Disputes over minority rights and state neutrality often frame assessments of Modi’s leadership.
Rahul Gandhi: An Indian politician and leading figure of the Indian National Congress, the BJP’s principal national rival. His opposition leadership frames the contest between Modi’s BJP and Congress.
Citizenship Amendment Act: An Indian law passed in 2019 that provides an expedited citizenship path for specified non-Muslim migrants from neighboring countries. Its passage and protests made citizenship and religious inclusion central political disputes.

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