Tuesday, 11 March 2014

Narendra Modi’s political journey from RSS worker to BJP’s PM candidate

Narendra Damodar Modi, one of India s most polarising figures, is the BJP s choice for Prime Minister. The announcement came despite stiff opposition from BJP heavyweight LK Advani. His supporters argue that it was inevitable after the Gujarat Chief Minister was made the chairman of the BJP s election strategy committee, which virtually made him the party s face for the national elections due by May. It became clear in December 2012 that Narendra Modi s aspiration to step out of Gujarat could not be ignored after he registered a third successive and very convincing win in the Assembly elections. In the days since, he has lunched with ambassadors of the European Union, which ended its decade-long boycott of the Gujarat Chief Minster saying, we are now in a new phase. They had boycotted all diplomatic engagement with him after the 2002 communal riots in Gujarat. And though the US continues to deny him a visa, some lawmakers in that country have suggested that the policy be reviewed. Cri
http://indiatodaynews.in/narendra-modis-political-journey-from-rss-worker-to-bjps-pm-candidate/

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