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Narendra Modi, chief minister of the Indian state of Gujarat, interacted with netizens on Google+ on 31 August 2012. The chat session was hosted by Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn. It was also live broadcast on YouTube, and Modi took part in it through Ahmadabad. The chat was schedule to start at 20:00 IST, but began 45 minutes late because of the reported crash of Google+ due to the response. The questions were to be submitted before the chat, and were mostly based on issues about education, youth empowerment, rural development and causes of urbanisation.

Background

Modi became the first Indian politician to interact with netizens through live chat on Internet after the hangout, joining the likes of Barack Obama and Julia Gillard. Google+'s Hangout feature allows ten people to group chat at a single time. The same day the hangout was organized, the Gujarat High Court gave its statement on the Naroda Patiya massacre‎. Hashtag #ModiHangout became the most trending term in India at Twitter on the day of the session, whereas #VoteOutModi, used by Modi's opponents, became the third most trending term in the country. Earlier Indian celebrities like Shahrukh Khan, Aamir Khan and MS Dhoni has been part of Google+ hangouts. A day before the session, Modi tweeted,""Friends, I am looking forward to exchanging ideas with you on G+ Hangout tomorrow on 'Realising Swami Vivekananda's vision of Strong India'!" The chat session was also shown on Modi's YouTube channel in real time. The chat was hosted by Ajay Devgn, who was shooting for his upcoming film Himmatwala in Hyderabad.

Live chat session

Modi answered 18 questions in two sessions. The session didn't included much Gujarati people, with more people from other states and NRIs. Modi received one lakh questions. When asked about his definition of the word secular, he said,"Think that our nation must be on top in all respects. That is secularism, according to me," adding,"The word secular has been used and abused for votebank politics. Take the example of the microminority of Parsis who are a happy community living in Gujarat today."

References

  1. ^ "Narendra Modi on Google Hangout, Ajay Devgn to host event". Times of India. TNN. 31 August 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  2. ^ "People ask, Narendra Modi answers on Google Plus Hangout". New Delhi: CNN-IBN. 1 September 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  3. ^ R. Dinakaran (1 September 2012). "Modi chats live on Google Plus Hangout". Chennai: Business Line. Retrieved 3 September 2012.
  4. ^ "When Ajay Devgn met up with Narendra Modi". rediff Movies. 3 September 2012. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  5. ^ Lakshmi Ajay (1 September 2012). "In chat session, Narendra Modi takes dig at media, votebank politics". Ahmedabad: Indian Express. Retrieved 4 September 2012.