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Narendra Damodardas Modi (Gujarati: નરેંદ્ર દામોદરદાસ મોદી; born 17 September 1950[1])
has been Chief Minister of the state of Gujarat since 7 October 2001.
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He participated in the rise to political dominance of the Bharatiya Janata Party
in Gujarat as its elections organiser in the early 1990s. This was the period which
led to the election of the party in 1995. He became Gujarat's Chief Minister in
October 2001, promoted to the office at a time when his predecessor Keshubhai Patel
had resigned, following the defeat of BJP in the by-elections.He was re-elected
in December 2002 as chief minister with 127 seats in the 182-member assembly. His
term has been both attacked for mismanagement of and complicity in the 2002 Gujarat
violence and praised for outstanding administration for turning Gujarat into an
economic powerhouse and controlling terrorism.
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In July 2007 he became the longest serving Chief Minister in Gujarat's history when
he had been in power for 2063 days continuously.[5] He was elected again for a third
term[6] on December 23, 2007 with an emphatic win in the state elections, which
he had cast as a "referendum on his rule"
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In October 2001, he was asked by the party to head the government in Gujarat. In
2001, Gujarat was facing problems because of several natural calamities having struck
in the preceding years, including the massive Gujarat Earthquake in January 2001.
Modi immediately worked to re-organize and catalyze the local economy.Modi re-organised
the government's administrative structure and embarked upon a massive cost-cutting
exercise in order to compensate for economic losses.Before his arrival to power,
the economy was shrinking and domestic growth was stagnant.During his first administration,
Gujarat registered a GDP growth rate of over 10%, the highest growth rate among
all the provinces in India. Over the last year, growth has registered at 11.5%.The
Gujarat government credits Modi with reducing the fiscal deficit of the state exchequer
by fifty percent and reducing the losses of the Gujarat State Electricity Board.
He has increased the availability of electricity in many parts of rural Gujarat.
One of the most significant achievements of his government has been successful raising
of the height of the Narmada Dam from 95 to 110.64 metres, which resulted in increased
irrigation, water supplies and hydroelectric power.
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The Gujarat government under Modi tackled the issue of nutrition in schools by fortifying
much of the food with folic acid. Also adding vitamins A and D in vegetable oils
and iron in wheat flour. Due to these and other reforms, the number of children
suffering from anemia and night blindness have decreased. Women have also benefited
from Modi's reforms. There have been a number of programs created to further education
for girls, including the Vidyalakshmi bond program, which pays for a girls' education
until age 7, the Vidyadeep program, which provides insurance for female students,
and a philanthropic fund to offer financial support for families of female students.
His Beti Bachao Andolan has improved Gujarat's sex ratio per 1000 males from 802
in 2001 to 870 in 2007. The Beti Bachao Andolan has reduced female infanticide to
a large extent. Under his six year rule, the dropout rate among girls has reduced
from 49% to 3% . |
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Gujarat is on the list of terror groups like the Lashkar-e-Toiba especially since the 2002 Gujarat Violence. However, since 2002 Gujurat violence till July 25 2008 not a single terror attack has taken place in Gujarat, even though it borders Pakistan. On July 26 2008, 17 serial bomb blast occurred in Ahmedabad.Like earlier campaigns, Mr. Modi played a very key and important role in the steering a victory of his party. Brand "Modi" or Moditva as the media termed it, was yet again the key role player for this victory. His party won the 2007 Gujarat state assembly elections, which had its results declared on 23 December 2007. He was sworn in for a third term as Chief Minister on 25 December. The Bharatiya Janata Party, under the leadership of Narendra Modi, won a landslide victory bagging 117 out of 182 seats.Mr. Modi's 2007 election campaign was marked with some zealous speeches made by Mr. Modi, which reflects his passion for Gujarat and his aggressive leadership. One such speech in response to Sonia Gandhi calling him a "merchant of death",[20] was at Magrol that referred to Sohrabuddin's killings. For this the Election Commission of India, a constitutional body governing election proceedings in India, cautioned Mr. Modi about his election campaign speech at Mangrol and considered it as indulging in activity which may have aggravated existing differences, creating mutual hatred and causing tension between different communities (namingly Hindu-Muslims) and involved violation of the provision of clause [1] and [3] of the Model Code of Conduct during an election campaign.
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1. Narandra Modi
2. Dr.Karsanbhai Patel |
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