By George Thompson Currently, Narendra Damodardas Modi is the Prime Minister of India, and, since October 2001, he has been the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Narendra Modi is a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh and a Hindu Nationalist. Also, he is called ‘Vikas Purush’ of India. Not to miss, the overall development of Gujarat under his ministership is mind-blowing.
Narendra Modi Net Worth as of 2020
Apparently, the net worth of Narendra Modi is 2.7 crore. Although, it is hard enough to calculate the net worth of prime minister(s). Since, they don’t require money to travel anywhere or live a luxury life. These services are free for them as they are Government workers. Therefore, no-one can figure out the money of the government workers.
Talking about the same, when Mr. Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat, his monthly salary was INR 210000. As per the current report, he has a balance worth INR 1129690 OR 16 thousand dollars in the SBI account. Also, his movable assets are worth of INR 2.7 crore. Additionally, he has invested approximately 1.4 crore in Fixed Deposit & MOD in SBI.
Political Career
In 1987, Narendra Modi became the General Secretary of the BJP (Bharatiya Janata Party) in its Gujarat. He also played a key role in L K Advani’s Somnath-Ayodhya path Yatra in the year 1990. He was praised for the successful campaign for the party in the year 1995, and 1998 election in Gujarat. In the year 2001, Narendra Modi replaced Keshubhai Patel as Gujarat CM.
Gujarat witnessed a major riot in 2002, after the Sabarmati Express train that was attacked by a group of Muslims, thus, leading to a Hindu-Muslim riot. At first, Mr. Modi has been accused of condoning and initiating the violence in 2002; later on, he was cleared of all the blame by a SIP (Special Investigation Team) that was appointed by the Supreme Court of India.
In December 2002, he was re-elected as the CM for the second time. For the third consecutive time on Dec 20, 2012, Mr. Modi took oath as the CM of Gujarat.
On 31st March 2013, he was appointed to the BJP Parliamentary Board & in the same year, he was appointed as Chairman of the BJP’s Committee for the year 2914 general election. Narendra Modi contested from two constituencies: Vadodara and Varanasi. He won both seats defeating Madhusudan Mistry and Arvind Kejriwal.
Major Awards
- Asian Winner of the FDI Personality of the year by FDI Magazine
- Best Chief Minister of India in the year 2006
- Gujarat Ratna award at the Ganesh Kala Krida Manch; the computer society of India bestowed him with the e-Ratna Award.
- In 2012, March, Time magazine featured him on its cover page of Asian edition.
Mr. Modi is a teetotaller – He doesn’t smoke, or drink. He is a Vegetarian. Also, he is fond of writing poems & loves to do photography. He writes in Gujarati & has written a few books.
Ultimately, Mr.Modi turned out to be the favorite person for many. We hope to give you enough brief from Mr. Modi’s life.
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