Narendra
Damodardas Modi (born September 17, 1950) is the longest-serving chief
minister of Gujarat. He has held the office since 2001 and has been
successfully re-elected three times. Widely seen as a protégé of LK
Advani, a senior BJP leader and its former president, Modi is known for
his astute administrative skills and has a record for being
incorruptible. He is credited with turning around Gujarat's economy and
making it an attractive investment destination for industrialists.
Modi's nemesis though has been the Gujarat riots that broke out after
the Godhra train burning incident in 2002. Allegedly, while Hindu
rioters went on a rampage against the Muslims, killing people and
destroying property, the state administration under Modi's charge turned
a blind eye and failed to control the violence. Modi himself has been
accused of watering down the seriousness of the situation, implicitly
justifying the killings of Muslims, and failing to condemn the attacks
on them.
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