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COVER STORY                                                      SEPTEMBER 26, 2025        |  The Indian Eye                    4




                                                     PM MODI @ 75


                                A DEFINING







                                             LEADER









              Birthday celebrations across India and wishes from world leaders underline Narendra Modi’s
                                    dominance in Indian politics and his growing global stature.




        OUR BUREAU
        Kathmandu / New Delhi
             rime Minister Narendra Modi’s
             75th birthday on September 17
        Pwas more than just a personal
        milestone. It was transformed into a
        nationwide celebration that doubled
        as a political message. Across the
        country, state units of the Bharati-
        ya Janata Party (BJP) held cultural
        events, service activities, and social
        programmes designed to highlight the
        leader’s vision and connect him with
        ordinary citizens. In Ahmedabad, the
        Namotsav multimedia show recreated
        Modi’s journey from a tea-seller’s son
        in Vadnagar to a global statesman.
        The event, attended by ministers, leg-
        islators, and cultural icons, was less a
        spectacle of entertainment and more
        a carefully staged political narrative.
            Tree-plantation drives, blood do-
        nation camps, and digital campaigns
        were also launched, aligning Modi’s
        birthday with the government’s larger   Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Madhya Pradesh governor Mangubhai Patel and state Chief Minister Mohan Yadav waves at a public
        goals of sustainability, social service,
        and digital empowerment. In some                                 gathering in Dhar, on Wednesday (DPR PMO/ANI Photo)
        states, party workers used the day to
        explain flagship schemes such as PM   tion therefore was not just about one   struggling to project coherence or a   This episode reinforced the asym-
        Awas Yojana and Ayushman Bharat   man’s milestone but about projecting   common agenda.               metry in Indian politics. Modi and the
        to villagers. These acts blurred the   a collective national aspiration that   The contrast with Congress lead-  BJP continue to set the agenda, while
        lines between a birthday celebration   Modi embodies.               er Rahul Gandhi’s recent press con-  the opposition often reacts, struggling
        and a mass political outreach. By                                   ference on alleged “vote theft” was   to  find  traction.  Rahul  Gandhi’s  al-
        making  the  event  participatory,  the   NO RIVAL AT HOME          telling. Gandhi accused the Election   legations were drowned out by the
        BJP demonstrated how Modi’s per-                                    Commission of shielding irregulari-  sheer scale of Modi’s birthday out-
        sonal story is woven tightly with the   f the birthday celebrations high-  ties in Karnataka, promising to expose   reach, which turned into a spectacle
        nation’s developmental journey.      lighted anything,  it was the ab-  how votes were being added and de-  of political strength. It illustrated
            The political symbolism was hard  Isence of a serious political alter-  leted. While the charges dominated   how the BJP has mastered the art of
        to miss. Modi’s rise has often been   native to Modi. The Prime Minister   headlines  briefly,  they  failed  to  dent   blending governance, party organiza-
        cast as the triumph of grit over privi-  remains  the  central  figure  of  Indian   Modi’s narrative. The Election Com-  tion, and mass mobilization to ensure
        lege, and his 75th birthday reinforced   politics, commanding loyalty with-  mission dismissed the claims as “base-  Modi’s presence remains unmatched.
        this narrative. His life story continues   in the BJP and respect among allies.   less,” and BJP leaders turned the con-  Modi’s popularity ratings reflect
        to serve as a metaphor for aspiration   Even as the opposition alliance IN-  troversy into yet another opportunity   this dominance. Despite concerns
        in a country where millions dream   DIA attempts to  present a united   to portray the Congress as irresponsi-  over unemployment, inflation, or com-
        of upward mobility. The celebra-  front, cracks are evident, with leaders   ble and lacking credibility.     Continued on next page... >>


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