National Democratic Alliance (India)
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is a centre-right coalition of political parties in India. At the time of its formation in 1998, it was led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and had thirteen constituent parties. Its chairman was Late former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Also representing the alliance are L. K. Advani, former Deputy Prime Minister, who is the acting chairman of the Alliance, Narendra Modi, current Prime Minister and Leader of the House in Lok Sabha; and Arun Jaitley, Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha and Finance minister. The coalition ruled from 1998 to 2004. The alliance returned to power in the 2014 General election with a combined vote share of 38.5%. Its leader, Narendra Modi, was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014.
Hassan Shahriar
Shahriar, who is known as a South Asian affairs analyst, has written an innumerable number of in-depth and analytical reports on the politics of India, Pakistan, Nepal and Sri Lanka. He has interviewed personalities including Indian Prime Ministers Indira Gandhi, P. V. Narasimha Rao, and Chandra Sekhar; Kashmiri leader Sheikh Abdullah; Pakistani leaders Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, Ziaul Haq, Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif; Cambodian leader Prince Norodom Sihanouk, Japanese Prime Minister Toshiki Kaifu, Nobel laureate Mother Teresa and cricketer Imran Khan.