Author: India Writes Network

ModiSpeak: The Man In His Own Words

- by India Writes Network

It’s the Modi moment in India’s political history. Narendra Modi has made history by delivering the blockbuster victory for the BJP in the 2014 elections in India, a spectacular performance that has stunned pollsters and pundits alike. In the first-ever high-level presidential-style campaign, the 63-year-old BJP leader had unleashed a massive tech-savvy campaign blitzkrieg that included broadcasting speeches through 3D holographs, addressing 477 rallies and attending over 5,000 poll-related events. Over the last few months, he traversed more than 300,000 kilometres from literally Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Here are excerpts from Modi’s speeches and comments that offer hints and guesses to the kind of leader India’s 1.2 billion-plus people has chosen to lead their country.

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Saffron surge in India: Modi next PM

- by India Writes Network

This is the first time in over two decades that a political party in India will get a simple majority in India’s upper House on its own, ensuring a stable and strong national government in the country for the next five years. The decisive majority for the BJP means that the party, unlike the last UPA regime, will not be hostage to blackmail and tantrums by the coalition partners. The blockbuster victory of the BJP has ended the 10-year-old rule of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, which was marred by pervasive corruption, misgovernance and the fizzling out of the India Story.

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