The Paradoxical Prime Minister The Paradoxical Prime Minister The Paradoxical Prime Minister: Narendra Modi And His India is a 2018 Non-fiction book written by a senior leader of the Indian National Congress Shashi Tharoor, about the Prime Minister of India, Narendra Modi. The book was released just a few months before the upcoming Indian general election, 2019 by fellow party members Manmohan Singh, P. Chidambaram, Arun Shourie from BJP, Pavan Varma a sitting MP and NDA ally. In the book, Tharoor examines and questions the tenure of the Modi government. He said that his criticism are based on "facts and figures" along with examples.
Narendra Modi growth, was criticized as a witchhunt. International humanitarian aid organisation Medecins Sans Frontieres was among the groups that were put under pressure. Other organisations affected included the Sierra Club and Avaaz. Cases of sedition were filed against individuals criticising the government. This led to discontent within the BJP regarding Modi's style of functioning and drew comparisons to the governing style of Indira Gandhi. Modi repealed 1,200 obsolete laws in first three years as prime minister, against a total of 1,301 such laws repealed by previous governments over a span of 64 years. He started a monthly radio programme titled "Mann