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Narendra Damodardas Modi (Gujarati: [nəreːnd̪rə d̪ɑːmoːd̪ərəd̪ɑːs moːd̪iː] ( listen), born 17 September 1950) is the 15th and current Prime Minister of India, in office since 26 May 2014.[1][2] Modi, a leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014 and is the Member of Parliament (MP) from Varanasi. He led the BJP in the 2014 general election, which gave the party a majority in the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Indian parliament) – a first for any party since 1984 – and was credited for October 2014 BJP electoral victories in the states of Haryana and Maharashtra.[3]

The prime minister, a Hindu nationalist, is a member of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS)[4][5] and is a controversial figure domestically and internationally;[6][7][8][9] his administration was criticised for its failure to prevent the 2002 Gujarat riots.[9][10] Although Modi's economic policies (credited with encouraging economic growth in Gujarat) have been praised,[11] his administration has also been criticised for failing to significantly improve the state's human development.[12]