5 traits which make PM Narendra Modi stand out

No contemporary politician has mastered the art of perception management as well as Narendra Modi.
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Despite the tension within the party and his many detractors in the Gujarat BJP, he was able to extract the most out of this situation and maximise his image as the biggest Hindutva hero.
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Modi the salesman and Modi the statesman are the same public person There cannot be one script for Varanasi, another for Vadodara and a third for Red Fort on Independence Day.
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No ‘liberal’ leader could have pulled off anything close to what Modi did in his August 15 address.
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He admonished parents for not being able to control their sons when speaking about India’s appalling record on sexual violence against women.
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He succeeds in doing so because he has already converted most of his audience, he knows their language, their deficiencies and most importantly he insists that he is one of them — a tea seller.

His biggest priority is systemic change and structural reorientation of the government.
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Dismantling of the Planning Commission, merging smaller ministries, cutting the flab, pragmatic programmes for effective governance and immediate poverty alleviation are all part of this agenda.
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The ‘neighbourhood first’ foreign policy to regain the country’s lost primacy in South Asia is one of them.
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The PM believes in turning India into an international manufacturing hub and a big exporter.
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Then there are the ideological hobby horses such as cleaning the Ganga and manifesto pledges such as high-speed trains and new smart cities. These are largely efforts to make a mark in governance at the earliest.

Modi didn’t go to Parliament like Vajpyaee, Advani, Indira Gandhi or Sonia Gandhi, as an ordinary member.
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He went like a conqueror who bowed down to the magnificence of the monument as part of the theatrics of his victory march.
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The acceptance speech at the parliamentary party meet was also a solo performance. The motion of thanks to the presidential address was his first real address to parliamentarians.
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Once Modi gets used to parliamentary exchanges, he could be a different performer. Not someone who speaks only to a crowd of fanatic followers but a leader who can engage with equals