New York: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in the list of 50 contenders for Time magazine’s Person of the Year.
Time’s Person of the Year will be announced December 10.
Modi, “once a controversial regional leader”, became India’s prime minister after leading his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a “landslide electoral victory on a platform of economic development”, said the magazine.
Time has asked its readers to vote for the individual who they think should get the title of Person of the Year and the winner of the readers’ choice poll will be announced next month.
Voting closes at 11:59pm Dec ember 6 and the winner of the readers poll will be announced on December 8. IANS
