Modi’s 5 years(2014-19): A report card ( Political Critique) Of the great democracies to fall to populism, India was the first. In 2014, Narendra Modi, then the longtime chief minister of the western state of Gujarat and leader of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), was elected to power by the greatest mandate the country had seen in 30 years. India until then had been ruled primarily by one party–the Congress, the party of Indira Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru–for 54 of the 67 years that the country had been free. BJP under Narendra Modi’s leadership has already reached a new milestone of completing the first year of its second tenure.  The party has been celebrating it by sending more than a crore citizens personal letters from prime minister Modi. Let's have a look at his popular promises, programs/achievements and few notable remarks. Promises : I n its 2014 manifesto, the BJP listed a 50-point promise detailing more than 600 sub-promises. Building India: The BJP p...