## About the data  Hailing from a modest background PM Modi has been a CM for [Gujarat ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gujarat) from 2001 to 2014. In 2014 he led the BJP to a full majority, does becoming the 14th Prime Minister of Independent India. In 2019 he was elected back to office with the BJP gaining a large majority (303 seats in Lok Sabha) *Mann ki Baat* (English translation: Matter of contemplation) is a monthly program with which he tries to reach out to a larger audience. ##**Please *Up Vote* if you find it useful!** ## Acknowledgements The splash image is from Wikimedia Commons. [Link to the image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prime_Minister_Narendra_Modi%27s_Mann_ki_Baat_on_20_September_2015.jpg) The speeches and their metadata were scraped from the [PM India website](https://www.pmindia.gov.in/en/mann-ki-baat/)