Narendra Modi "very good" and "good". In early 2017, a survey from Pew Research Center showed Modi to be the most popular figure in Indian politics. However he is seen to be losing some approval in 2018 to his oppositon leader Rahul Gandhi. Modi was named the Best Chief Minister in a 2007 nationwide survey by "India Today". In March 2012, he appeared on the cover of the Asian edition of "Time Magazine", one of the few Indian politicians to have done so. He was awarded Indian of the Year by "CNN-IBN" news network in 2014. In 2014, 2015 and 2017, he
Premiership of Narendra Modi first year of the administration, on the grounds that they were slowing economic growth. 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 with Modi's style of functioning within the BJP, and drew comparisons to the governing style of Indira Gandhi. He started a monthly radio program titled "Mann ki Baat" on 3 October 2014. Modi repealed 1,200 obsolete laws in first three years as prime minister, against a total