Modi's popularity in youth surpasses all his predecessors: Survey - India Today

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. There have been several prime ministers in India who have gained some level of popularity in the people of the country, most of them from Uttar Pradesh but for the first time, a prime minister is gaining popularity among the youth of Uttar Pradesh and he belongs to Gujarat.

According to a survey conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education, the National Unity Day observed on 31st October has left lasting impression on the hearts and minds of the youth of UP. In this program, 78187 students from all over UP participated in various activities related to national unity and its promotion. 69820 kids sung the National Anthem together, 17891 schoolkids participated in march past, 6986 created posters while 6975 creates collages.

Talking to India Today, several parents said that Modi's appeal affected not only their schoolgoing kids, but them too. The survey website's UP coordinator Mayank Lavania told India Today that the youth loves Modi's way of talking and his style. It has been the first time when a Prime Minister has established direct communication with schoolkids. A few days earlier, Modi appealed to the youth of the country to let go of all forms of drug addictions and that too, has affected the youth a great deal.

Modi's appeal to school principals and management to observe two minutes of silence in the memory of the schoolkids killed by Taliban in Peshawar (Pakistan), deeply affected the sentiments of the youth and all schools accepted the appeal.

UP BJP Minority Cell member Ashfaq Saifi said that Modi believes in inclusive politics and talks about 'Sabka sath, Sabka Vikas'. He does not believe that there are Hindu Indians and Muslims Indians. He only believes that every Indian is an asset to the country and should be protected and given equal opportunity to grow. That is what attracts the youth towards him. Modi's international image has attracted even the NRI youth living all over the world who have welcomed him with open arms wherever he went.

Social activist Deep Sharma told Indian Today that Modi is probably the first 'Practical Prime Minister' of India who does not live in the seventh heaven and prefers to interact with the people of the country to form people-centric policies. That is precisely the reason why Modi has become the favorite of Young India.

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