Modi Election 2014

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  For PM Narendra Modi, He Walked Barefoot For 2 Years. Here's Why

  Two years ago, a BJP supporter in Rajasthan pledged to walk barefoot until Narendra Modi became prime minister. After all this time, Balwant Kumawat from Bhilwara wore slippers today only after meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

• After Narendra Modi Opposes Move to Include His Life in School Books, Gujarat Drops Idea

  With the Prime Minister expressing displeasure over the move, Gujarat government today dropped the idea of incorporating the story of Narendra Modi's life in school syllabus across the state.

• Narendra Modi Speaks to China's Premier Li Keqiang: Official Press Release

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to China's Premier Li Keqiang via telephone on Thursday afternoon. Mr Modi and Premier Li agreed to maintain frequent communication between the two countries.

• The Time For Poetry is Over For Narendra Modi

  "You campaign in poetry, you govern in prose." This wonderfully succinct formulation of the age-old democratic dilemma is attributed to an unusually charming and intelligent American politician, Governor Mario Cuomo of New York.

• Narendra Modi Pays Tribute to Freedom Fighter Veer Savarkar

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday paid tributes to freedom fighter Veer Savarkar on his 131st birth anniversary.

• Karnataka BJP Serves Free Tea to People as Narendra Modi Becomes PM

  The BJP's Karnataka unit on Monday celebrated the swearing-in of Narendra Modi as the 15th prime minister by serving free tea to hundreds of people who gathered at its office in Bangalore.

• Minister of State (Civil Aviation): GM Siddeshwara

  G M Siddeshwara, hailing from the most powerful Lingayat community, is a three-term Lok Sabha member.

• Minister of State (Home Affairs): Kiren Rijiju

  Rising from the level of a grassroot worker to the post of BJP national secretary and now as a Member of Parliament, Kiren Rijiju, a youth leader from Arunachal Pradesh, has travelled a long way.

• Raosaheb Danve: Minister of State (Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution)

  Raosaheb Danve of BJP is a fourth-term member of Lok Sabha from Jalna in Maharashtra. He rose up the ranks after his baptism in politics at the panchayat level.

• Minister of State (Social Justice and Empowerment): Sudarshan Bhagat

  The two-time MP Sudarshan Bhagat is the lone face from Jharkhand in the Narendra Modi government.

• Minister of State (Tribal Affairs): Mansukhbhai Vasava

  Mansukhbhai Vasava enjoys the rare distinction of being a tribal leader who has got elected from a general seat five times in a row.

• Minister of State: Upendra Kushwaha

  A former associate of former Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Upendra Kushwaha helped NDA make inroads among backward castes voters in Bihar in the current Lok Sabha poll.

• Minister of State: Vishnu Deo Sai

  Vishnu Deo Sai, the BJP's tribal face in Chhattisgarh, is the lone representative from the state to be sworn in as a minister in the Narendra Modi government.

• Minister of State (Independent Charge): Santosh Gangwar

  65-year-old Santosh Gangwar has been a Lok Sabha member since 1989. The Kurmi leader, however, lost from Bareilly in 2009.

• Minister of State (Independent Charge): Jitendra Singh

  A physician by profession, Jitendra Singh had joined BJP in 2009 and is a member of the party's National Executive Committee.