Narendra Modi Quotes


Economic development cannot take a nation forward on its own. We need a society and economy which complement each other. We need to take care of the poor, deprived and left behind sections of society.


Citations

Modi, Narendra. "Address at the BJP National Council Meeting in Kozhikode." Bharatiya Janata Party Official Website, 25 Sep. 2016.

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Narendra Modi
Narendra Modi
  • Born: September 17, 1950
  • Nationality: Indian
  • Profession: Politician

Narendra Damodardas Modi is an Indian politician serving as the 14th and current Prime Minister of India since 2014. He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi. Modi is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its National Democratic Alliance (NDA). He is also a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), a Hindu nationalist volunteer organisation. He is the first prime minister born after India's independence, the second non-Congress one to win two consecutive terms after Atal Bihari Vajpayee and the first from outside the Congress to win both terms with a majority in the Lok Sabha.