<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Narendra Damodardas Modi (Gujarati: (ˈnəɾeːnd̪rə d̪aːmoːd̪əɾˈd̪aːs ˈmoːd̪iː) (listen), born 17 September 1950) is an Indian politician who is the 14th and current Prime Minister of India, in office since May 2014 . He was the Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2001 to 2014, and is the Member of Parliament for Varanasi . Modi, a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is a Hindu nationalist and member of the right - wing Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS). </P> <P> Born to a Gujarati family in Vadnagar, Modi helped his father sell tea as a child, and later ran his own stall . He was introduced to the RSS at the age of eight, beginning a long association with the organisation . He left home after graduating from school, partly because of an arranged marriage which he rejected . Modi travelled around India for two years, and visited a number of religious centres . He returned to Gujarat and moved to Ahmedabad in 1969 or 1970 . In 1971 he became a full - time worker for the RSS . During the state of emergency imposed across the country in 1975, Modi was forced to go into hiding . The RSS assigned him to the BJP in 1985, and he held several positions within the party hierarchy until 2001, rising to the rank of general secretary . </P>

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