The Crossbill Team
At a book launch event in Mumbai on Friday (October 24), Maharashtra governor Acharya Devvrat described Prime Minister Narendra Modi as “not merely the prime minister” but “an idea” and “a spiritual force” who came to earth from a “divine order”.
The remarks, made at the release of lawyer Berjis Desai’s book Modi’s Mission, were delivered in the presence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, and the author himself.
Praising Modi’s leadership, Devvrat said the prime minister’s life decisions could not be replicated by ordinary people, suggesting that he was sent by a divine order “with the power to make the impossible possible”.
Invoking verses from the Bhagavad Gita, the governor said, “Where there is the need for a great man to bring change to a society, such people come there from a divine order … When such people come from a divine order, they carry the power to make the impossible possible. The decisions that Modi ji took in his life cannot be made by ordinary people.”
Citing the reading down of Article 370 “in one fell swoop” and the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, Devvrat called these decisions the work of a “great man” with “great will power”.
“There is a divine order behind this; the life of a person without self-interest, which has only altruism and the spirit of public welfare,” he said.
“Such a person whose arrival on this earth every individual should be proud of.”
The governor’s praise echoed Modi’s own statement during the 2024 general election campaign, when he said that after his mother’s death he became convinced that God had sent him to fulfil a divine purpose.
“This energy could not be from my biological body, but was bestowed upon me by God. I believe God has given me abilities, inspiration and good intentions for a purpose … I am nothing but an instrument,” Modi had said when asked why he never tires.
On Friday, Devvrat also repeated a claim previously made by BJP leaders — though refuted by the external affairs ministry — that Modi had halted the Russia-Ukraine war to enable the evacuation of Indian nationals. He further praised the prime minister for “standing up to Trump” during the period of punitive U.S. tariffs on India for its purchase of Russian oil.
“Modi ji is not just the prime minister of India. He is an idea. He is a spiritual force. He is our inspiration. He is the honour of this country. He is the prestige of this country. He is the pride of the young generation. Such personalities come from a divine order; you and I cannot accomplish this much even with great effort,” Devvrat said.
Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who also spoke at the event, echoed the governor’s sentiment.
“Modi ji’s name is our present and it is our future too,” he said, adding that “a synonym of hard work is Modi.”
Author Berjis Desai, in his address, lauded the prime minister’s “spellbinding charisma which appears to transcend the mere human”.
He described Modi as a “relentless 24×7, 365 non-stop working machine whose average day extends to 16 hours, with sleep for only four and a half. Have you ever heard of any other human being in the world who does this?”
Desai said that as India moves towards becoming a superpower by 2047, “the nation will gratefully remember the Mahatma for 1947 and Modi for 2047.”
Drawing a parallel between the two leaders, he added, “In the decades to come, history will dispassionately conclude that there is an uncanny similarity between the life work of the Mahatma and Narendra Modi … The first and last sentence of my book reads: ‘Fifty years later, Modi and Gandhi will be mentioned in the same breath and in the same order’.”
He said the book portrays Modi as “the instrument of a national awakening” and alleged that a section of “Western media” and “Left-leaning historians” continue to undermine his contributions. Desai also asserted that Hindutva, “not as a religion” but as “a civilisational and cultural way of life”, was what united the nation.
Concluding the event, Shinde suggested that parts of Desai’s book should be introduced in schools, saying that the younger generation “will get inspiration and energy from Modi ji’s work.”
The remarks, made at the release of lawyer Berjis Desai’s book Modi’s Mission, were delivered in the presence of Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, and the author himself.
Praising Modi’s leadership, Devvrat said the prime minister’s life decisions could not be replicated by ordinary people, suggesting that he was sent by a divine order “with the power to make the impossible possible”.
Invoking verses from the Bhagavad Gita, the governor said, “Where there is the need for a great man to bring change to a society, such people come there from a divine order … When such people come from a divine order, they carry the power to make the impossible possible. The decisions that Modi ji took in his life cannot be made by ordinary people.”
Citing the reading down of Article 370 “in one fell swoop” and the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, Devvrat called these decisions the work of a “great man” with “great will power”.
“There is a divine order behind this; the life of a person without self-interest, which has only altruism and the spirit of public welfare,” he said.
“Such a person whose arrival on this earth every individual should be proud of.”
The governor’s praise echoed Modi’s own statement during the 2024 general election campaign, when he said that after his mother’s death he became convinced that God had sent him to fulfil a divine purpose.
“This energy could not be from my biological body, but was bestowed upon me by God. I believe God has given me abilities, inspiration and good intentions for a purpose … I am nothing but an instrument,” Modi had said when asked why he never tires.
On Friday, Devvrat also repeated a claim previously made by BJP leaders — though refuted by the external affairs ministry — that Modi had halted the Russia-Ukraine war to enable the evacuation of Indian nationals. He further praised the prime minister for “standing up to Trump” during the period of punitive U.S. tariffs on India for its purchase of Russian oil.
“Modi ji is not just the prime minister of India. He is an idea. He is a spiritual force. He is our inspiration. He is the honour of this country. He is the prestige of this country. He is the pride of the young generation. Such personalities come from a divine order; you and I cannot accomplish this much even with great effort,” Devvrat said.
Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde, who also spoke at the event, echoed the governor’s sentiment.
“Modi ji’s name is our present and it is our future too,” he said, adding that “a synonym of hard work is Modi.”
Author Berjis Desai, in his address, lauded the prime minister’s “spellbinding charisma which appears to transcend the mere human”.
He described Modi as a “relentless 24×7, 365 non-stop working machine whose average day extends to 16 hours, with sleep for only four and a half. Have you ever heard of any other human being in the world who does this?”
Desai said that as India moves towards becoming a superpower by 2047, “the nation will gratefully remember the Mahatma for 1947 and Modi for 2047.”
Drawing a parallel between the two leaders, he added, “In the decades to come, history will dispassionately conclude that there is an uncanny similarity between the life work of the Mahatma and Narendra Modi … The first and last sentence of my book reads: ‘Fifty years later, Modi and Gandhi will be mentioned in the same breath and in the same order’.”
He said the book portrays Modi as “the instrument of a national awakening” and alleged that a section of “Western media” and “Left-leaning historians” continue to undermine his contributions. Desai also asserted that Hindutva, “not as a religion” but as “a civilisational and cultural way of life”, was what united the nation.
Concluding the event, Shinde suggested that parts of Desai’s book should be introduced in schools, saying that the younger generation “will get inspiration and energy from Modi ji’s work.”
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