Jashodaben wife of PM Narendra Modi biography, lifestyle and more info

Jashodaben wife of PM Narendra Modi biography, lifestyle and more info

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Jashodaben Modi (née Chimanlal Modi;born January 1952) is a retired Indian teacher and the wife of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Their traditional marriage was arranged in Vadnagar by their families. The couple married in 1968. He did not officially acknowledge this marriage until 2014 during his campaign. Jashodaben continues to identify herself as the wife of Narendra Modi. She completed her education and had a career as a teacher.

Personal details

-Born Jashodaben Chimanlal Modi

January 1952 (age 68)

-Brahmanwada, Bombay State, India (present-day Gujarat)

Spouse(s)

- Narendra Modi (m. 1968; estranged)

Occupation

Teacher (retired)

Retired from teaching, Jashodaben lives a simple life of prayer.As the spouse of the prime minister, she is protected by a security detail, but has been unable to learn what their orders are or what rights she has in this position, despite filing suits with the government.

Early life, marriage, and career

Jashodaben was born in 1952.Her mother died when she was two years old.

Narendra Modi and Jashodaben had an arranged marriage in the custom of the Ghanchi caste of Vadnagar. When Modi was thirteen, the couple underwent the religious ceremony of marriage. Per their family custom, they began living together (gauna) when Modi was 18 (Jashodaben was 16) in 1968 but that period was brief.

After three years of being out of contact with all who knew him, Modi returned home and contacted his family.[6] He made plans to go to Ahmedabad to work at his uncle's canteen without Jashodaben.[6] Before he left, his mother arranged for Jashodaben's parents to send her to meet Modi to sustain the gauna.[6] After Jashodaben arrived at the house of Modi's family, Modi had an argument with his parents and left their home to meet his uncle as planned.[6] Over the three-year period around the marriage, Jashodaben estimates that she spent about three months with her husband.[10] After Modi left, she continued with her professional life.

Jashodaben studied further to become a teacher at primary school, and from 1978–1990 taught in Banaskantha district. In 1991 she moved to Rajosana village and remains there.She is retired and her pension is ₹14,000 (US$200) per month. One commentator said that her low salary would have made much of life a hardship for her. In talking about her relationship with Modi, in one interview Jashodaben said "We have never been in touch... There has been no communication from his end to this day."In a later interview Jashodaben said that until 1987 she and Modi spoke "normally".Jashodaben lives with her brother Ashok and his wife in Unjha.

Request for information on security detail

I am surrounded by five security guards all the time. Often my relatives or I have to cook for them, my sister-in-law has to make their beds. This is a bit annoying... You see, it gets really chaotic when I have to travel, because I use public transport and the guards are following me in an air-conditioned car.

Political actions and present life

In 1992, Jashodaben refused to be interviewed by the newspaper Abhiyan when that publication presented a story on the marriage of her and Modi. In 2009, a reporter for Open found Jashodaben in her village and asked her some questions.In 2014, a reporter for The Indian Express interviewed her. In May 2014, TV9 Gujarat video interviewed her. In December 2014, a writer for Pakistani news agency Dawn News said that not many newspapers have had the courage to report the troubles which Jashodaben has experienced.

Jashodaben said that she was not invited to the swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi, but had she been invited, she would have gone.

In February 2015, Jashodaben hosted some Christian missionaries who invited her to join their missionary to help lots of destitute and helpless Hindus by teaching Gita and Ramayana to them. In June 2015, Jashodaben was scheduled to speak at a conference on politics organized by supporters of Modi. Event organizers reported that the conference was shut down on day 2 of the week-long program on the direction of the BJP leader Amit Shah and others. No reason was given for cancelling the conference, but people in attendance claimed Jashodaben's presence as the cause.

In November 2015, Jashodaben applied for a passport in order to visit relatives and friends overseas. As she was unable to produce a marriage certificate or a joint affidavit from her husband, the application was rejected by the regional passport office as "incomplete." Her brother Ashok stated that a legal option was being considered.