Narendra Modi was sworn in as India's Prime Minister for the third time in a row. He becomes the second Indian leader to get the distinction after Jawaharlal Nehru in 1962.
Modi becomes second leader in Indian history to win three consecutive terms, but opposition leaders snub ceremony. However, Congress
Nepali PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu, Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe, Mauritius PM Pravind Jugnauth and Vice President of Seychelles Ahmed Afif attend the oath ceremony of PM-designate Narendra Modi at Rashtrapati Bhavan
Dhamal was seen sharing a lighter moment with TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu.
A leader India was waiting for. A leader – whom millions see as a ‘messiah’ – A Brand Moditva....
A leader who abrogated Art 370....brought Ram temple .... but also 'rebuked' by a section of voters in 2024
Since 1947 as the British left and Indian acquired Independence, politics has mainly centered around the Congress party, who ruled the country for a total 52 years with the odd interval. It was a dominance that waned in 2014 and the 2019 results officially ended it. Now the people and electorate has placed BJP at the center as the new national party.
At the center of BJP stands irreplaceable Narendra Modi. A man who made a synthesis of Hindu ideology and development. With Modi and BJP now securely affirming their place, Indian political history is sure to shed its status quo.
New ministers sworn in include -- Rajnath Singh, Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Sarbananda Sonowal, Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, JP Nadda, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Dharmendra Pradhan, Piyush Goyal, Dr S Jaishankar, Manohar Lal Khattar and Nirmala Sitharaman.
JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) founder Jitan Ram Manjhi also sworn in.
Virendra Kumar takes oath as Union Cabinet Minister
TDP leader Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu takes oath as Union Cabinet Minister
Pralhad Joshi administered oath as Union Cabinet Minister.
BJP leader Jual Oram sworn-in as Union Minister
The question now for many Indians is: What comes next?"
A new battle .... and an old war is already on. It all started on wrong footing at times. Nevertheless to some the 'battle' is one picked by a BJP leadership that allegedly seeks to subvert the 'secular/sickular principles of the Indian constitution".
We have a 'strong foundation' that allows religious and ethnic plurality to breathe in the country. The UP mandate is a message that caste divisions among Hindus have resurfaced.
But the same faceless voters -- Muslim voters united in West Bengal in favour of Mamata Banerjee and also showed trust in the Samajwadi Party of Akhilesh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh.
The main apprehension among religious minority leaders and a section of left-liberals has been that the BJP could change the constitution to discard the parliamentary system. This fear is not new.
Modi's clamour for 'Charso paar' only added further complexities to this fear.
Development, mayhem & Hindutva – Making of Brand Moditva ... and 'challenges' he faced and would face
The journey from being ‘Modi’ to the ‘Moditva phenomenon’ has been of a loner, and that of a man who vanquished adversaries at virtually every stage.
Till February 27, 2002, Narendra Modi was another BJP leader and at best a Chief Minister. But once the Sabarmati Express train was torched killing Ram Bhakts and that resulted in carnage between Hindus and Muslims in his home state – Narendra Damodardas Modi has not looked back.
He turned disadvantage into advantage. Besides dealing with detractors in Congress who wanted to nail him in 2002 riots, Modi also overcame hurdles posed by party colleagues like Sanjay Joshi as well.
At one point even his trusted lieutenant Smriti Irani had questioned his role during the carnage of 2002.
In 2013, his declaration of being made BJP’s ‘prime ministerial candidate’ was opposed by none other than his mentor L K Advani.
In 2002, during the peak of mayhem, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee asked him in public to discharge ‘Raj Dharma’. "With what face I will go abroad," Vajpayee had said at a Muslim relief camp.
Dealing with all that requires more than the assertiveness, and Modi has shown the single mindedness. And the right synthesis of Hindutva inclined nationalism punctuated with development and him (Modi) being seen as an architect of change transformed him into a big national leader.
Born on September 17, 1950, Modi first became Gujarat Chief Minister at the age of 51 on October 7, 2001.
He had gone there more as a stop gap arrangement after Bhuj quake. But once the mayhem had settled down and Gujarat was drenched saffron in December 2002 elections, the writing was clear.
On the swearing-in day attended by the then Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and other BJP stalwarts – there were banners reading ‘Aayo rey aayo, Gujarat ne sher aayo (Here comes Gujarat’s lion).
Modi grew larger than life.
‘The Brand Moditva’ was in the debate and statisticians did not fail to appreciate that BJP’s vote share had gone up to 51 per cent in 2002 – much higher than 44.8 per cent in 1998 and 26.7 in 1990.
It was a neo-Modi -riding on the Hindu consolidation. The BJP recorded a resounding victory even in Panchmahal and Dahod showing that post-Godhra riots had brought in also tribals and OBCs under the influence of Hindutva school of politics and thought.
But, even as success came along; all of it was not like a walk along the bed of roses.
In between in 2005, he was denied Visa by the US. By 2004, the government had changed in Delhi and in 2007 assembly polls Sonia Gandhi called him ‘Maut Ka Saudagar (A merchant of death)’.
An ear on the ground politician that he is – Modi turned the table; and said ‘Soniaben’ has insulted five crore Gujaratis. All this in a state where entrepreneurship and business are virtues! He won 2007 assembly polls.
Modi mixed his cards well. He emerged ‘protector of Gujarati pride’. At times – he played up Hindutva-nationalist card using the phrase ‘Mia Musharraf’ to perfection and made it clear that there will be ‘no appeasement’ of Muslims.
He kept winning elections after elections and only after 2012 – he made a venture ‘outside’ Gujarat.
BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar tweets, "Today curtains down on my 18-year stint of public service, of which 3 years I had the privilege to serve with PM Narendra Modi TeamModi2.0. I certainly didnt intend to end my 18 years of public service, as a candidate who lost an Election, but that's how it turned out. My deepest thanks to all those I met, all those who supported me - and in particular all those karyakartas and leaders who so inspired and energized me. Thanks also to my colleagues in govt over the last 3 years. As a BJP karyakarta, I will continue to support and work in the party."
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