Who had the most number of foreign tours, is it Modi or Manmohan?
On Sunday, Amit Shah, BJP president, said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had visited fewer countries as compared to the former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in his three years in office.
Mr. Shah has made this comparison between the number of foreign trips between the two prime ministers not for the first time. Responding to Congress’ criticism in the earlier 2015 regarding the number of trips that Mr. Modi was taking, according to Mr. Shah, Mr. Singh took the same number of trips abroad.
His defense was same both the times. He iterated that it was just that nobody knew when Mr. Singh went on foreign trips. In 2015, Mr. Shah said that “Thousands of Indians wait to welcome him and even foreign nations are eager to do business with India, when Modiji undertakes a trip abroad. He said the same statement on Sunday, that it’s the entire world that watches him (Mr. Modi).”
In order to check the claim made by Mr. Shah, the data related to both Prime Ministers’ travel details was gathered. It was sourced from the archive website of the former PM and the Ministry of External Affairs. The results were as follows:
Year 1-
Year 2-
Year 3-
During the UPA I government, a total 27 countries, were visited by Mr. Manmohan Singh during his first three years as Prime Minister i.e. from June 2004 to May 2007. PM Modi on the other hand visited nearly double that i.e. 49 countries, in the similar time span of June 2014 to May 2017.
Mr. Singh had higher number of foreign tours during his second term. However, 36 is the number which is nowhere close to Mr. Modi’s. Following is the year-wise break-up of data:
In two areas, Mr. Singh tops the number table. He visited one more country in comparison to the current PM during the first year of his second term. He visited 14 countries while, Mr. Modi visited 13.
The other is the number of days spent abroad. Mr. Singh spent 111 days abroad, visiting 36 countries during his second term. On the other hand, Mr. Modi spent 94 days abroad even he visited more number of countries.
Shri Narendra Modi’s foreign trips have not brought any achievement for Indians. Pakistan, China and now Shri Lanka have come in anti Indian group.Moreover achievents of Shri Modi are nearly nil. No doubt quite a heavy amount of black money has been disclosed but general public has not gained anything. A wave of happiness and excitement was seen every where when Shri Modi visited the foreign countries but now this will not be seen if he visits again. More over it will be difficult for B.J.P to win next General Election.
B.R.Bhatnagar
What gave you the impression about heavy amount of black money has been disclosed? Please check facts and satisfy yourself
mr BRB…. i think u dont have any knowledge about india’s place and opinion in abroad people before 2013 and now. what ever BJP doing is correct but one bad luck is there is no strong opposition. opposition leaders are fully corrupt and they are talking senseless. what ever they are doing it will reflect in future not instant.
dont compare with congress and BJP.
demonetization is success( dont think like a congress…)
swachabharath is also success
GST
and excreta….
lack of opposition we are getting all costlier …..tax increase and all …there is no buddy to oppose
finally MODI is correct guy for PM
NOT: am not a BJP supporter keep in mind. i support only development.
yes Modi is an empty vessel, uneducated and absolute useless. wonder y he or bjp is still in power. They will lose miserably next time if they use fair menas.. but they r cheaters
let me tell who is correct person for PM in current situation ….. except modi ….. u cont imagine.
first study about central and then talk my friend.you know, till the time the most brilliant indian pm means its comes ‘Manmohan name but he dint used his power. hes just like a dumb and def guy.
modi is doing some thing just watch it. his policies are good and he is india’s greatest leader.
First of all it is nonsense to compare PM MODI’s number of visits with Mr MMS. Why compare with others like MMS?.Next One should know how many times he went with & without public knowledge,how many family members went with Mr MMS,How many days he stayed in hotels.What was the result/benefits nation .
Does public know for decades no congress PM visited neighboring friendly countries e.g.UAE,QATAR,OMAN etc where millions of Indian work,SRILANKA etc etc
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