Describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as one of the most popular and iconic leaders of modern India, Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu decoded what he called the ‘Modi phenomenon’ with an elaborate exposition of the attributes of Modi and other factors that contributed to it.
He released a book titled ‘Modi @ 20 : Dreams Meet Delivery’ , a compilation of 21 articles by 22 domain experts bringing out various aspects of the thinking and performance of Modi in various domains as Chief Minister of Gujarat and Prime Minister for 20 years since 2021.
Venkaiah Naidu says unique experiential journey and work, passion and energy, deep understanding of struggles of people, courage to dream and think big, resoluteness make Modi successful.
He calls Modi a scientist for experimenting in Gujarat before scaling up welfare and developmental initiatives on the large canvass of India.
He asserts that promises, performance and delivery marks ‘politics of hope’ of Modi.
Naidu said MODI is all about the Mission of Making of Developed India and urged all the parties in power in different States to make effective use of all available developmental and democratic platforms to make the nation surge ahead.
He called for ensuring a peaceful environment in the country by ridding it of all tensions to realize this mission.
In his 35 minute exploration of the mind, methods and vision of Modi, the Vice President listed various attributes that made Modi a unique leader and performer furthering the interest of Gujarat earlier and of India now as Prime Minister.
The Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu releasing an anthology on Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, ‘Modi@20: Dreams Meet Delivery’ at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi today.
Referring to the attributes that underlined the success of the Prime Minister, Naidu listed:
1.Early experiential journey of Modi after leaving home at tender age of 17 years in search of self, the people and the country through extensive travels and socio-cultural work;
2. Deep understanding of the struggles of Indians and India and their potential;
3. Abiding faith in the potential of individuals and India;
4. Courage to dream big and the resoluteness to convert Sankalp into Siddhi;
5. Thinking big and acting in scale;
6.Ability to take bold decisions;
7. Being undeterred by temporary failures and episodic surprises;
8. Passion, energy and hard work;
9. Thinking and acting differently;
10. Converting crisis into opportunity;
11. Adopting a bottom up approach for policy making and execution ensuring people’s participation;
12. Quest for details and comprehensive assessment of issues and consequences;
13. Deploying the experiences and results of Gujarat experiments for evidence based formulation of policies and programmes at national level; 14. Extensive adoption of technology for effective governance; and
15. Passionate promotion of the mantra of ‘Perform, Reform and Transform’.
Referring to the quintessential and transformational leadership of the Prime Minister, Naidu said; “Even his detractors agree that Modi is now a phenomenon at the national and international level due to which India is being regarded and respected”.
Stating that Modi’s vision has been shaped by his long years of experiential journey before becoming the Chief Minister of Gujarat, the Vice President stressed that “this is the fundamental differentiator that makes Modi unique in several ways. There is probably no other public figure in contemporary times who had such an experiential journey”.
He further said that the Prime Minister’s vision for the country is an expression and manifestation of numerous felt experiences accumulated during his stints as a social activist to start with and later, as a political activist.
Recalling his working with the Prime Minister earlier as a Union Minister of Urban Development, Naidu elaborated on the keenness of Modi for details of every issue to enable robust and fail proof planning and execution.
Naidu, in particular, highlighted Modi’s commitment to make Swachh Bharat campaign a ‘jan andolan’ instead of looking at it as a routine governmental programme, a philosophy that marks all initiatives of the Prime Minister.
Naidu described the Prime Minister as a ‘scientist’ for extending various schemes successfully implemented earlier when Modi was the Chief Minister of Gujarat based on the results and thereby enabling evidence based formulation of projects and schemes.
Referring to Modi being called as an ‘election machine’, Naidu noted that for Modi, elections are not an outcome of politics but constitute social science with deep understanding of the life contexts of common people and deep insight into their aspirations that make Shri Modi a successful campaigner.
