Talk:Narendra Modi

Skip to table of contents

The article Prime ministerial candidacy of Narendra Modi was nominated for deletion. The discussion was closed on 6 May 2025 with a consensus to merge the content into Narendra Modi. If you find that such action has not been taken promptly, please consider assisting in the merger instead of re-nominating the article for deletion. To discuss the merger, please use this talk page. Do not remove this template after completing the merger. A bot will replace it with {{afd-merged-from}}.

Warning: active arbitration remedies The contentious topics procedure applies to this article. This article is related to India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, which is a contentious topic. Furthermore, the following rules apply when editing this article: You must be logged-in to an extended confirmed account (granted automatically to accounts with 500 edits and an age of 30 days) Editors who repeatedly or seriously fail to adhere to the purpose of Wikipedia, any expected standards of behaviour, or any normal editorial process may be blocked or restricted by an administrator. Editors are advised to familiarise themselves with the contentious topics procedures before editing this page. Restrictions placed: 13 April 2021

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Narendra Modi article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic. New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help. Assume good faith Be polite and avoid personal attacks Be welcoming to newcomers Seek dispute resolution if needed Article policies Neutral point of view No original research Verifiability

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives: Index, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22Auto-archiving period: 7 days

This page is not a forum for general discussion about Narendra Modi. Any such comments may be removed or refactored. Please limit discussion to improvement of this article. You may wish to ask factual questions about Narendra Modi at the Reference desk.

This article is written in Indian English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, analysed, defence) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English. According to the relevant style guide, this should not be changed without broad consensus.

	Narendra Modi has been listed as one of the Social sciences and society good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do so. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can reassess it.
Article milestones Date Process Result January 22, 2014 Good article nominee Not listed March 15, 2017 Good article nominee Listed July 8, 2017 Good article reassessment Kept Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on September 17, 2020, and September 17, 2022. Current status: Good article

This article must adhere to the biographies of living persons (BLP) policy, even if it is not a biography, because it contains material about living persons. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libellous. If such material is repeatedly inserted, or if you have other concerns, please report the issue to this noticeboard. This page is about a politician who is running for office or has recently run for office, is in office and campaigning for re-election, or is involved in some current political conflict or controversy. For that reason, this article is at increased risk of biased editing, talk-page trolling, and simple vandalism. If you are a subject of this article, or acting on behalf of one, and you need help, please see this help page.

This  level-4 vital article is rated GA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to multiple WikiProjects.

Biography: Politics and Government Biography portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Biography, a collaborative effort to create, develop and organize Wikipedia's articles about people. All interested editors are invited to join the project and contribute to the discussion. For instructions on how to use this banner, please refer to the documentation. This article is supported by the politics and government work group (assessed as High-importance). India: Gujarat / Politics Top‑importance India portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject India, which aims to improve Wikipedia's coverage of India-related topics. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page. Top This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale. This article is supported by WikiProject Gujarat (assessed as Top-importance). This article is supported by the Indian politics workgroup (assessed as Top-importance). Politics High‑importance Politics portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Politics, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of politics on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. High This article has been rated as High-importance on the project's importance scale. Conservatism Top‑importance Conservatism portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Conservatism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of conservatism on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Top This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale. 2010s Top‑importance 2010s portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject 2010s, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of 2010s on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Top This article has been rated as Top-importance on the importance scale. Veganism and Vegetarianism Low‑importance This article is within the scope of WikiProject Veganism and Vegetarianism, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of veganism and vegetarianism on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks. Low This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale. Guild of Copy Editors This article was copy edited by Miniapolis, a member of the Guild of Copy Editors, on 12 March 2015.

The subject of this article is controversial and content may be in dispute. When updating the article, be bold, but not reckless. Feel free to try to improve the article, but don't take it personally if your changes are reversed; instead, come here to the talk page to discuss them. Content must be written from a neutral point of view. Include citations when adding content and consider tagging or removing unsourced information.

This article has been viewed enough times in a single week to appear in the Top 25 Report 6 times. The weeks in which this happened: May 11 to 17, 2014 May 18 to 24, 2014 May 25 to 31, 2014 May 26 to June 1, 2019 December 20 to 26, 2020 June 2 to 8, 2024

Section sizes Section size for Narendra Modi (38 sections) Section name Byte count Section total (Top) 25,184 25,184 Early life and education 20,051 20,051 Early political career 7,744 7,744 Chief Minister of Gujarat (2001–2014) 92 58,455 Taking office 3,467 3,467 2002 Gujarat riots 20,911 20,911 Later terms as Chief Minister 21,288 21,288 Development projects 5,995 5,995 Development debate 6,702 6,702 Premiership campaigns 28 33,030 2014 Indian general election 17,322 17,322 2019 Indian general election 9,143 9,143 2024 Indian general election 6,537 6,537 Prime Minister of India (2014–present) 1,269 131,372 Governance and other initiatives 14,524 14,524 Hindutva 33,380 33,380 Economy 22,655 22,655 Health and sanitation 15,832 15,832 Foreign policy 10,046 14,694 G20 Presidency 4,648 4,648 Defence 18,285 18,285 Environment 7,447 7,447 Democratic backsliding 3,286 3,286 Public perception and image 2,332 24,024 Image 7,024 7,024 Approval ratings 5,990 5,990 In popular culture 8,678 8,678 Awards and recognition 27,703 27,703 Electoral history 5,997 5,997 Writing career 3,262 3,262 Bibliography 2,872 2,872 See also 110 110 References 17 6,275 Notes 50 50 Citations 34 34 Sources 6,174 6,174 Further reading 3,568 3,568 External links 5,672 5,672 Total 355,319 355,319

In context to security lapses under modi premiership

Like other governments, Modi government also faced security lapses since 2014 he became pm weather it was pulwama attack or the recent pahalgam attack by terrorists. I need assistance from editors that where should i write about these security lapses under his premiership in a separate section. Should i add this in Narendra Modi article or in Narendra Modi premiership article? Thanks TheSlumPanda (talk) 08:09, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

I think a sentence or two in this Narendra Modi article on security lapses, and a more detailed paragraph or so in the premiership article would make sense. EarthDude (talk) 15:49, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

If the sources support this, then that sort of length would make sense, but I'm not sure that they do. If you want to discuss "security lapses" during Modi's premiership, you need sources explicitly discussing that - not just news coverage of incidents of terrorism or militancy during Modi's premiership. Vanamonde93 (talk) 16:36, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Vanamonde93 I support your words that they should explicitly mention about modi premiership but at present the reality is that mostly the news media of india is baised and they rarely wrote against modi government. TheSlumPanda (talk) 17:07, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There are various news sources such as The Wire (India) or The Caravan or international media such as Al Jazeera that could have articles discussing security lapses under Modi.

Some examples we could give are the uri, pulwama, pathankot, reasi, and the recent pahalgham attack. We could also include the 2022 security breach and the 2023 parliament breach.

While finding news sources, especially from the Indian mainstream media which is mostly pro-government isn't easy, it's not fully impossible either. After some searching, I have found some usable sources. I'm sure there are a lot of other sources we can use too.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]} EarthDude (talk) 18:40, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

A paragraph on this issue can be added at Narendra Modi#Defence. Capitals00 (talk) 01:45, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Capitals00 ofcourse. Currently i am writing this whole issue on modi premiership page and btw thanks for guidance TheSlumPanda (talk) 05:29, 26 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

References

1. "Security lapses at two of PM Modi's events in less than a fortnight". The News Minute. 25 February 2015.
2. "Behind PM Security breach: Glaring gaps in police response, protocol given a go-by". The Indian Express. 5 January 2022. Archived from the original on 5 January 2022.
3. "2022 PM security breach: Arrest warrants issued against 25 farmers". Business Standard. 17 January 2025.
4. Mathew, Liz; Manral, Mahender Singh (13 December 2023). "In major security breach, two enter Lok Sabha, open smoke canisters; 4 held". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 13 December 2023.
5. "Parliament breach: Security head's post vacant for over 45 days, 40% staff shortage at other levels". Deccan Herald. 17 December 2023.
6. Joy, Shemin (25 April 2025). "Pahalgam terror attack: Govt admits authorities were unaware Baisaran Valley was opened for tourists". Deccan Herald.
7. Rajput, Sagar (26 September 2022). "Shah security breach: Arrested man posed as security at other events too, including one with PM Modi". The Indian Express. Archived from the original on 26 September 2022.
8. Kumar, Bijay (1 May 2023). "Fake soldier, balloons to mobile: 6 instances when PM Modi's security was breached". India Today.

2002 Gujarat riots page move

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:2002 Gujarat riots#Requested move 25 April 2025 that may be of interest to editors of this article. Koshuri ^(グ) 05:39, 1 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

photo

can i keep this photo:

Narendra Modi

or

Narendra Modi

Becuase current one is half size and it not perfect.

see trump photo in Donald Trump:

Official 2025 inaugural portrait of President Donald Trump.

雄奇 (talk) 22:37, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

There's nothing wrong with the current image in the article. The Donald Trump image has absolutely no effect in this article, nor it should. Hacked (Talk|Contribs) 22:39, 7 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 13 May 2025

This edit request has been answered. Set the |answered= parameter to no to reactivate your request.

There should be an edit on his page introduction summary. He is longest serving prime minister after JawaharLal Nehru. The current summary says Indian National Congress which is a party not a person or a prime minister. 2600:4040:A627:CD00:B027:B710:9AAE:A8B7 (talk) 20:49, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

 Not done (he is 3rd longest serving. Indira gandhi was pm for ~15yrs)TheSlumPanda (talk) 06:21, 14 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

WP:TOOBIG and concise concerns

I took a quick skim through the article and noticed that it is over 10,000 words large, more than the 9,000 words that WP:TOOBIG recommends. I already took out the "Personality" section because, with an article of this size, many might consider it unencyclopedic and too WP:PEACOCK. Here are other suggestions on how to reduce the article's size:

• I usually recommend that sections be about four paragraphs maximum before another heading is used. This might mean trimming information.
• "Early life and education" is quite long and I think can be reduced.
• In "Premiership campaigns", the 2014 election is four paragraphs, the 2019 is three, and the 2024 is two. I think each of these sections should be two or three paragraphs, and the articles about the elections can have more detail.
• "Hindutva" is quite long and I suggest that it is reduced in size.
• "Awards and recognition" is too long. I suggest moving some of this information to List of awards and honours received by Narendra Modi and highlighting the most notable ones in this article.

Is a subject-matter expert willing to take a look at this? I would make the changes myself but in the past, my edits to reduce prose size has been reverted. Z1720 (talk) 18:18, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Z1720: I am a primary author here, and I suppose could be considered a subject matter expert. In my view the general balance is appropriate, but as you say each section could probably lose a little bit of material. This is an instance in which an editor uninvolved with the article may have better perspective as to what is extraneous, so I encourage you to make cuts - some of them will be reverted, but it will give us a basis to discuss further changes. I agree the campaign sections could use trimming, and in general there are many instances where announcements or statements, rather than concrete actions, are used for either praise or criticism, and probably constitute undue weight. With all that said, this is a biography of a person who has led the world's most populous nation for a decade plus. We should not expect to cut it below the allowable range. I would not look to trim more than a 1000 words. Vanamonde93 (talk) 19:03, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

• @Vanamonde93: I'm currently in the middle of trimming Gianluigi Buffon, which is taking longer than I expected. I'll add this to my list of articles to get to, but appreciate it if other can take a pass before I start. Z1720 (talk) 20:24, 21 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]