VP Venkaiah Naidu releases 'Modi @20: Dreams Meeting Delivery' book, calls PM Modi a phenomenon
India TodayAsserting that even detractors of Prime Minister Narendra Modi agree that he is a “phenomenon”, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Wednesday said that while Mahatma Gandhi took the freedom struggle out of the hands of the elite to turn it into a mass movement, Modi had converted developmental initiatives into mass movements. Naidu also said that Modi put to effective use his valuable learnings to write a development script for his state of Gujarat as its chief minister and scaled up the same at national level as prime minister., Addressing the gathering after releasing the book “Modi@20 Dreams Meet Delivery”, Naidu said Modi’s vision, his dreams and Mission India have been shaped by his extensive travels and insightful, experiential journey. The first prime minister born after independence, Modi, has, over the last 20 years, carved out a unique place in the history of post-independent India, Naidu said. While the Mahatma took the freedom struggle from out of the hands of the elite to turn it into a mass movement, Narendrabhai Modi, both as the chief minister and prime minister converted developmental initiatives into such mass movements,” Naidu said.