‘Centrestage: Inside the Narendra Modi Model of Governance’ Book Launch

Report by Santanu Ganguly: ‘Centrestage: Inside the Narendra Modi Model of Governance’ by Uday Mahurkar will be released at Gulmohar Hall, India Habitat Centre, Lodhi Road, New Delhi on Thursday April 17, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. This is a defining book on Narendra Modi’s model of governance. It triggers questions like: Is Narendra Modi’s government innovative and free of vote-bank politics? How did Narendra Modi bring 24-hour, three-phase domestic power supply to 18,000 villages in Gujarat? How did Modi turn the forlorn Kutch into a top tourist destination? 

One of the most hotly debated topics in this general elections has been the development and governance of Narendra Modi’s government in Gujarat. In Centrestage, Uday Mahurkar tries to present a balanced assessment of Narendra Modi’s government by uncovering and analyzing the Modi mantra of governance. With chapters on energy, technology, agriculture, finance, innovation to name a few, Mahurkar aims at understanding and revealing the ground reality through facts and research beyond the media hype. Has Gujarat really made progress under Narendra Modi? Is Narendra Modi really a visionary and a good administrator? ReadCentrestage to find out and get an insider’s view of Narendra Modi’s governance from a man who has followed him closely for the past three decades. 

Uday Mahukar has been following the BJP Prime Ministerial candidate - Narendra Modi’s career since 1986. He is a senior editor with India Today magazine and a political analyst, based in Ahmedabad. Uday has seen the rise of the political phenomenon called Narendra Modi from the day he entered BJP from the RSS in 1986–87 and was the first to predict Modi’s present rise and transformation as a nation-wide developmental icon in 2007. Over the years, he has studied Modi’s development vision and programs in detail and at a close range. 

The book will be released by Arun Purie. We will have also have Dr. Bibek Debroy, Dr Surjit Bhalla and Mr Sunil Alagh joining us for the panel discussion. Mr Sandeep Bamzai will be the moderator for the discussion.