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{{short description|Spouse of Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jashodaben Modi
| alt = Jashodaben
| image = File:Jashodaben Narendrabhai Modi painted.jpg
| caption = Painted portrait of Jashodaben
| office1 = [[Spouse of the Prime Minister of India]]
| status1 = [[Incumbent]]
| term_label1 = Assumed role
| term_start1 = 26 May 2014
| primeminister1 = [[Narendra Modi]]
| predecessor1 = [[Gursharan Kaur]]
| term_label = Assumed role
| status = Assumed role
| birth_name = Jashodaben Chimanlal Modi<ref name="Taylor 2014"/>
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1952|1}}
| birth_place = Brahmanvara, [[India]]
| spouse = [[Narendra Modi]] ({{abbr|m.|(Married)}} 1968; estranged)<ref name="Gowen 2015">{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/abandoned-as-a-child-bride-indias-first-lady-still-hopes-her-husband-will-call/2015/01/25/3509dac5-5ac1-49e3-8b44-7d92e027c9ec_story.html|title=Abandoned as a child bride, wife of India's Modi hopes he calls |first=Annie|last=Gowen|date=25 January 2015|access-date=3 November 2017|work=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref><ref name="Oza April 2014">{{citation |url= http://week.manoramaonline.com/cgi-bin/MMOnline.dll/portal/ep/theWeekContent.do?contentId=16673695 |title=The Forgotten Half |first1=Nandini |last1= Oza |first2=Kallol |last2=Bhattacherjee |work=[[Manorama Online]] |date=22 April 2014 }}{{dead link|date=July 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} [http://bluerasberry.com/2015/07/mirror-of-the-forgotten-half-an-article-about-jashodaben Alt URL]</ref>
| occupation = [[Teacher]] (retired)
| office =
| nationality = {{flagicon|India}} [[Indian people|Indian]]
}}
'''Jashodaben Narendra Modi''' ({{Nee|Jashodaben Chimanlal Modi}};<ref name="May 2015 object maiden name">{{cite web |url= http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/jashodaben-moves-state-info-panel-with-fresh-rti-2/ |title=Jashodaben moves State Information Commission with fresh RTI |author=Express News Service |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=3 May 2015 |access-date=6 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="Desai May 2015">{{cite web |url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/jashodaben-modi-rti-narendra-modi-gandhinagar-sandip-modi/1/433422.html |title=PM Modi's wife Jashodaben hopes to get 3rd time lucky with RTI |first=Darshan |last=Desai |work=[[India Today]] |date=3 May 2015 |access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref> born January{{citation needed|date=September 2020|reason=I have seen sources that say she was born in 1952, but not that say she was born in January. January seems probably correct, but is unsourced. If she was born in January, she would be one-and-a-half years younger than Narendra, as he was born in September 1950.}} 1952) is a retired Indian school teacher and [[Family estrangement|estranged]] wife of [[Narendra Modi]]. The couple was married in 1968, following a religious ceremony (''[[marriages in India|vivaha]]'') when she was about 17 (As per her interview to Indian Express on 1 February 2014) and Modi was 18.<ref name=NDTVprays/><ref name="Ajay 2014"/><ref name="Vinod 2012">{{cite web |url=http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/emperor-uncrowned |title=The Emperor Uncrowned |first=Vinod K |last=Jose |work=[[The Caravan]] |date=1 March 2012 |access-date=26 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140926225937/http://www.caravanmagazine.in/reportage/emperor-uncrowned |archive-date=26 September 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Her husband never fully accepted the marriage, and abandoned his parental house shortly after their marriage. In his later life, he did not acknowledge his marriage until he was legally required to do in 2014 during a campaign.<ref name="Abdi 2014"/> Retired from teaching, Jashodaben lives a simple life of prayer.<ref name="Gowen 2015"/>

==Early life, marriage, and career==
Jashodaben was born as Jashodaben Chimanlal Modi in 1952.<ref name="Ajay 2014">{{cite web |url= http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/i-like-to-read-about-him-modi-i-know-he-will-become-pm/ |title=I like to read about him (Modi)... I know he will become PM |first=Lakshmi |last=Ajay |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=1 February 2014 |access-date=26 September 2014}}</ref> Her mother died when she was two years old.<ref name="Ajay 2014"/>

Narendra Modi and Jashodaben had an [[arranged marriage]] in the custom of the caste of [[Vadnagar]], starting with a family-arranged betrothal in their very early childhood. According to Narendra Modi's brother, the couple had underwent ''vivaaha'', the religious ceremony of [[marriages in India|marriage]] when Narendra Modi was 18 and Jashodaben was about 17.<ref name="Vinod 2012"/>

A marriage ceremony was held to begin their married life together when she was 17<ref name="Ajay 2014" /><ref name="Singh 2014" /><ref name="Taylor 2014" /><ref name="Deshpande 2009" /> and he was 18.<ref name="Gowen 2015"/>

Modi left his family at age 19 to wander in the Himalayas. After about two years of being out of contact with all who knew him, Modi returned to Vadnagar and contacted his family. He had made plans to go to [[Ahmedabad]] to work at his uncle's [[Cafeteria|canteen]]. At his mother's insistence, Jashodaben came to the family household to maintain their marriage, but her husband objected to the arrangement, insisting on continuing his life on his own terms and encouraging her to continue in her studies.<ref name="Ajay 2014"/><ref name="Vinod 2012"/><ref name="Deshpande 2009"/>

{{quote|He told me once that "I will be travelling across the country and will go as and where I please; what will you do following me?" When I came to Vadnagar to live with his family, he told me "why did you come to your in-laws' house when you are still so young, you must instead focus on pursuing your studies". The decision to leave was my own and there was never any conflict between us. He never spoke to me about the RSS or about his political leanings. When he told me he would be moving around the country as he wished, I told him I would like to join him. However, on many occasions when I went to my in-laws' place, he would not be present and he stopped coming there. He used to spend a lot of time in RSS shakhas. So I too stopped going there after a point and I went back to my father's house.|Jashodaben in 2014<ref name="Ajay 2014"/>}}

Jashodaben said that she spent a total of about three months with her husband during a three-year period before their final separation.<ref name="Ajay 2014"/>

Jashodaben continued with her professional life, receiving a [[Secondary School Certificate]] in 1972<ref name="Deshpande 2009"/><ref name="Chaudhry 2014">{{cite news | url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/fantasies-of-jashodaben-leave-narendra-modis-wife-alone-1475961.html | title=Fantasies of Jashodaben: Leave Narendra Modi's wife alone | date=11 April 2014 | website=[[Firstpost]] |first=Lakshmi |last=Chaudhry | access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref> or 1974,<ref name="Ajay 2014"/><ref name="Chaudhry 2014"/> completing teacher's training in 1976<ref name="Ajay 2014"/><ref name="Chaudhry 2014"/> and becoming a teacher in 1978.<ref name="Deshpande 2009"/><ref name="Ajay 2014"/><ref name="Chaudhry 2014"/> From 1978 to 1990, she taught in [[Banaskantha district]].<ref name="Deshpande 2009">{{cite web |url= http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/i-am-narendra-modi-s-wife |title='I am Narendra Modi's Wife' |first=Haima |last=Deshpande |work=[[Open (Indian magazine)|Open]]|date=11 April 2009 |access-date=26 September 2014}}</ref> In 1991 she moved to Rajosana village and remains there.<ref name="Deshpande 2009"/> She is retired and her pension is {{INRConvert|14000}} per month.<ref name="Ajay 2014"/> One commentator said that her low salary would have made much of life a hardship for her.<ref name="Oza April 2014"/> 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."<ref name="Ajay 2014"/> In a later interview Jashodaben said that until 1987, she and Modi spoke "normally".<ref name="TV9 2014">{{cite web |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sFj0G2GgG0 |title=Exclusive : Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben in conversation with Tv9 |author=(interviewer's name not in English) |publisher=[[TV9 (Gujarati)]] |date=23 May 2014 |quote=Tv9 Gujarati |access-date=27 September 2014 }}{{dead link|date=September 2020}}</ref> Jashodaben lives with her brother Ashok and his wife in [[Unjha]].<ref name="Oza April 2014"/>

==Marriage enters public view==

Rumours had long been circulating that Modi was actually married. In 1992, Jashodaben refused to be interviewed by the newspaper ''Abhiyan'' when that publication presented a story on the marriage of her and Modi.<ref name="Mahurkar 2014"/> Darshan Desai, a reporter for ''[[The Indian Express]]'', located Jashodaben in May 2002, but she and others in her village had refused to speak to him and he was told to leave the town.<ref name="Vinod 2012"/> In 2009, it was reported that Modi's political enemies had discovered her teaching at a school and living in a one-room [[tenement]]. Modi himself did not quite deny that she was his wife, although he did not explicitly acknowledge it either.<ref name="Deshpande 2009"/> Her marriage to Modi was said to be common knowledge in her mostly Muslim village.<ref name="Deshpande 2009"/> She was reportedly diligent and well liked as a teacher, especially among her Muslim students.<ref name="Deshpande 2009"/> When found by a reporter, she became worried and nervous, saying only "I will not say anything against my husband. He is very powerful. This job is all I have to survive. I am afraid of the consequences."<ref name="Deshpande 2009"/>

When required to fill out forms on which his spouse was requested to be identified, Modi had repeatedly been leaving the spousal information section blank or just marked with a dash{{snd}}including in state assembly elections in 2001, 2002, 2007 and 2012.<ref name="Admits">{{Cite web|date=April 10, 2014|title=RSS: Jashodaben is my wife, Narendra Modi admits under oath|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/jashodaben-is-my-wife-narendra-modi-admits-under-oath/articleshow/33521705.cms|access-date=2021-03-01|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> At political rallies he had said he was single.<ref name="Mahurkar 2014"/><ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-26970397 |title=India election: BJP 'bachelor' Modi admits marriage |work=[[BBC News]] |date=10 April 2014 |access-date=10 November 2014}}</ref><ref name="Singh 2014"/>

In the [[2014 Indian general election]], Modi contested the [[Vadodara]] seat in the [[Lok Sabha]], the [[lower house]] of the [[Parliament of India]].<ref name="Taylor 2014">{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/worldviews/wp/2014/04/10/why-did-narendra-modi-keep-his-wife-secret-for-almost-50-years/ |title=Why did Narendra Modi keep his wife secret for almost 50 years? |first=Adam |last=Taylor |work=[[The Washington Post]] |date=10 April 2014 |publisher=[[Graham Holdings|WPC]] |location=[[Washington, D.C.]] |issn=0190-8286 |access-date=12 June 2020}}</ref> Under the [[Representation of the People Act, 1951|Representation of the People Act]] and following recent rulings stating that a complete response was mandatory, Modi was required to declare any previous marriage.<ref name="Singh 2014">{{cite news |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/politics/national/jashodaben-narendra-modi-wife-facts-prime-minister-india-latest-18423.html |title=10 facts to know about Jashodaben, wife of Prime Minister Narendra Modi |first=Raj |last=Singh |date=25 November 2014 |access-date=2020-09-22 |work=[[India TV]]}}</ref> Following legal advice to "come clean" about the issue, for the first time in public and media, Modi acknowledged that he had a wife.<ref name="Taylor 2014"/>

Sombhai Modi, Narendra Modi's brother, issued a statement saying that the [[arranged marriage]] had been forced on Modi by his family.<ref name="Mahurkar 2014">{{cite web |url= http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/narendra-modi-marriage-jashodaben/1/354912.html |title=Revealed: Why Narendra Modi walked out of his marriage with Jashodaben |first=Uday |last=Mahurkar |work=[[India Today]] |date=10 April 2014 |access-date=26 September 2014}}</ref> He said that the marriage was never consummated, and that Modi left it soon after it was solemnized,thus confirming that the marriage actually never took place.<ref name="Mahurkar 2014"/> His brother further said that Modi had been inspired by the teachings of [[Swami Vivekananda]] to later for society.<ref name="Mahurkar 2014"/>

Before Modi officially acknowledged his marriage, a group of activists and security professionals visited Jashodaben at her home.<ref name="Oza April 2014"/> They offered to escort her on the [[Char Dham]] pilgrimage, which was a trip which she had long wanted to take.<ref name="Oza April 2014"/> During the trip, they took her to the [[ashram]] of [[Ramdev|Swami Ramdev]] in [[Rishikesh]], [[Uttarakhand]].<ref name="Oza April 2014"/> Journalists sought Jashodaben for comment at the news of the marriage, but her family told them that she would return home soon.<ref name="Oza April 2014"/>

To contest the election, Modi's political opponents criticised his evasions of facts about his marriage on official documents. Nishant Varma, a citizen of [[Ahmedabad]], sought criminal charges against Modi for having failed to acknowledge his legal wife and forge previous election documents as against prescribed rules of the Representation of the People Act. The case is subjected to revision in the [[Supreme Court of India]]. The lower court refused to pronounce Modi guilty of criminal offense under this Act.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Modis-defective-affidavit-issue-reaches-high-court/articleshow/44828755.cms |title=Modi's defective affidavit issue reaches high court |work=[[The Times of India]] |first=Saeed |last=Khan |date=15 October 2014 |access-date=7 November 2014}}</ref>

In summer 2014, [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] party politician [[Ajay Rai]] filed a lawsuit to be heard by the [[Allahabad High Court]] complaining, among other things, that Modi did not give the [[permanent account number]] of Jashodaben.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2014-10-31/news/55631299_1_prime-minister-narendra-modi-jashodaben-six-weeks |title=Allahabad HC gives 6 weeks' time to PM Narendra Modi to file statement on election petition |author= |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=31 October 2014 |access-date=7 November 2014}}</ref>

==Political actions and present life==
In February 2014, a reporter for ''[[The Indian Express]]'' interviewed her.<ref name="Ajay 2014"/>

It was reported in April 2014 that she does not speak ill of her husband, and does not tolerate when others do so.<ref name=NDTVprays>{{cite news |url=https://www.ndtv.com/elections-news/jashodaben-named-by-narendra-modi-as-his-wife-prays-for-him-to-become-pm-557031 |date=11 April 2014 |access-date=2020-09-23 |title=Jashodaben, named by Narendra Modi as his wife, prays for him to become PM |work=[[NDTV]] |agency=[[Press Trust Of India]]}}</ref>

In May 2014, [[TV9 (Gujarati)|TV9 Gujarat]] interviewed her on video.<ref name="TV9 2014"/>

In June 2014, at what has been described as "her first public event", Jashodaben attended the public funeral of politician [[Gopinath Munde]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/modis-wife-jashodaben-attends-condolence-meeting-for-gopinath-munde/ |title=Modi's wife Jashodaben attends condolence meeting for Gopinath Munde |first=Lakshmi |last=Ajay |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=11 June 2014 |access-date=7 November 2014}}</ref>

Jashodaben said that she was not invited to the [[First swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi|swearing-in ceremony of Narendra Modi]], but had she been invited, she would have gone.<ref name="TV9 2014"/> "I wish to be with him. If he calls me, I am eager to start a new life with him. But it has to be he who calls," she said in 2014.<ref name="Abdi 2014"/>

In November 2014, she made her first trip to Mumbai, where she prayed for her husband at the [[Mahalakshmi Temple, Mumbai|Mahalakshmi Temple]] and the [[Siddhivinayak Temple, Mumbai|Siddhivinayak Temple]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Jashodaben-prays-at-city-temples-for-PM-Modi/articleshow/45234366.cms? |title=Jashodaben prays at Mumbai temples for PM Modi |author=|work=[[The Times of India]] |date=21 November 2014 |access-date=12 May 2015}}</ref>

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.<ref name="Dawn December 2014">{{cite web |url= http://www.dawn.com/news/1153889/new-year-resolve-for-jashodaben |title=New Year resolve for Jashodaben |first=Jawed |last=Naqvi |work=[[Dawn News]] |date=30 December 2014 |access-date=12 May 2015}}</ref>

In February 2015, Jashodaben hosted some Christian missionaries who invited her to join their mission to help many destitute and helpless Hindus by teaching [[Bhagavad Gita|Gita]] and [[Ramayana]] to them.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.amarujala.com/feature/samachar/national/s-peter-paul-meet-with-jasodaben-hindi-news-rk/?page=0 |title=किसने कहा, 'जशोदाबेन की प्रार्थनाओं से पीएम बने मोदी'|author= |work=[[Amar Ujala]] |date=6 February 2015 |access-date=23 April 2015}}{{Failed verification|date=January 2017}}</ref> In June 2015, Jashodaben was scheduled to speak at a conference on politics organized by supporters of Modi.<ref name="Rawat 2015">{{cite web |url= http://www.telegraphindia.com/1150612/jsp/nation/story_25267.jsp |title=She who BJP can't stomach |first=Basant |last=Rawat |work=[[The Telegraph (Kolkata)|The Telegraph]] |date=12 June 2015|access-date=17 June 2015 }}{{dead link|date=September 2020}}</ref> Event organizers reported that the conference was shut down on the second day of the week-long program on the direction of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] leader [[Amit Shah]] and others.<ref name="Rawat 2015"/> No reason was given for cancelling the conference, but people in attendance claimed Jashodaben's presence as the cause.<ref name="Rawat 2015"/>

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.<ref name=NoPassport>{{cite news|title=No passport for PM's spouse, as she has no marriage certificate|date=7 November 2015|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/no-passport-for-narendra-modis-wife-as-she-has-no-marriage-certificate/article7855384.ece|website=[[The Hindu]]|first=Mahesh |last=Langa}}</ref>

{{Anchor|Jashodaben as a representative of Indian women}}
The separation of Jashodaben and Modi has been discussed in the context of a broader trend in India that politicians may have more success if they are known for not having ties to a spouse.<ref name="Dhillon 2014">{{cite news |url= https://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/mr-modis-abandoned-wife-joins-an-alarming-trend-in-indian-politics/article18091206/ |title=Mr. Modi's abandoned wife joins an alarming trend in Indian politics|first=Amrit |last=Dhillon |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |date=22 April 2014 |access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref> The [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh|RSS]], which gives Modi political support, values [[celibacy]] in its senior leadership<ref name="Dhillon 2014"/> but contrarian tones have been noted.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Sakshi-Maharajs-ode-to-Modis-wife-surprises-crowd/articleshow/45421323.cms? |title=Sakshi Maharaj's ode to Modi's wife surprises crowd |first=Maria |last=Akram |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=9 December 2014 |access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref>

Many Congress party politicians have criticised Modi's treatment of the estrangement of his wife.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/jashodaben-should-get-bharat-ratna-for-her-sacrifice-gogoi/article5908134.ece |title=Jashodaben should get Bharat Ratna for her sacrifice: Gogoi |work=[[The Hindu]] |author=Guwahati |date=13 April 2014 |access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/tarun-gogoi-attacks-narendra-modi-over-married-status/ |title=Tarun Gogoi attacks Narendra Modi over 'married' status |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=13 April 2014 |access-date=27 September 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url= http://m.newindianexpress.com/nation-2/421056 |title=Kamat Rakes up Row by Comparing Irani to Jashodaben |first=Kiran |last=Tare |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=28 January 2015 |access-date=20 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150618162925/http://m.newindianexpress.com/nation-2/421056 |archive-date=18 June 2015}}</ref>

==Request for information on security detail==
{{quote box|width=30.0em|quote=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.|source=Jashodaben, to [[Reuters]], November 2014<ref name="Burke November 2014">{{cite web |url= https://www.theguardian.com/politics/shortcuts/2014/nov/26/why-is-indias-first-lady-trying-to-shake-off-her-security-detail- |title=Jashodaben Modi: why is the Indian prime minister's wife trying to shake off her security detail? |first=Jason |last=Burke |work=theguardian.com |date=26 November 2014 |access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref>}}

From May 2014, police from the [[Mehsana district]] began providing continual police protection for Jashodaben.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/pm-narendra-modis-wife-jashodaben-given-police-protection/ |title=PM Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben given police protection |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=30 May 2014 |access-date=26 September 2014}}</ref> The security agent team following her was assigned as a response to the [[Special Protection Group]] Act, which says that the [[spouse of the Prime Minister of India]] should receive police protection.<ref name="Mookerji November 2014">{{cite news |url= http://www.business-standard.com/article/current-affairs/jashodaben-s-security-cover-to-stay-the-jury-is-out-on-rules-for-privileges-114112600027_1.html |title=Jashodaben's security cover to stay; the jury is out on rules for privileges |first=Nivedita |last=Mookerji |work=[[Business Standard]] |date=26 November 2014 |access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref> The [[List of Acts of the Parliament of India|Salaries and Allowances of Ministers' Act]] describes other benefits which are typically given to spouses of prime ministers.<ref name="Mookerji November 2014"/>

In November 2014, Jashodaben filed a [[Right to Information Act]] (RTI) request seeking details about her security and rights as the spouse of the prime minister.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/PM-Modis-wife-Jashodaben-unhappy-over-security-cover-files-RTI-to-seek-details-from-government/articleshow/45261936.cms |title=PM Modi's wife Jashodaben 'unhappy' over security cover, files RTI to seek details from government |author=staff |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=24 November 2014 |access-date=5 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="Feb Express">{{cite web |url= http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/jashodaben-denied-info-under-rti-again/ |title=Jashodaben denied info under RTI again |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=11 February 2015 |access-date=20 May 2015}}</ref> Various media organizations in India reported the RTI in different ways, including emphasizing Jashodaben's fear, the financial implications of her complaint, the guards' demands to be treated as guests, or the case as an example of female independence.<ref name="Burke November 2014"/> Jashodaben has said that her security guards have refused to show any identification or to say on whose orders they have been assigned to her, and have suggested she refrain from talking with the media.<ref name="May 2015 object maiden name"/><ref name="Abdi 2014">{{cite web |url= http://gulfnews.com/opinion/thinkers/let-modi-change-his-mindset-towards-women-1.1429238 |title=Let Modi change his mindset towards women |first=S.N.M. |last=Abdi|work=[[Gulf News]] |date=19 December 2014 |access-date=11 May 2015}}</ref> The ''[[Gulf News]]'' reported that her security guards are primarily with her to conduct surveillance on her.<ref name="Abdi 2014"/> Jashodaben's family has complained that her guards do not carry any identity cards, refuse to identify themselves, and refuse to name the person or office supervising them.<ref name="May 2015 object maiden name"/>

In December, the [[Intelligence Bureau (India)|Intelligence Bureau]] denied her request for information about orders, saying that the law has an exemption which applies in this case.<ref name="Feb Express"/> Jashodaben uses the name "Jashodaben Narendrabhai Modi", which is her married name.<ref name="May 2015 object maiden name"/> The letter was addressed to "Jashodaben, daughter of Chimanlal Modi" (her father's name).<ref name="Trivedi December 2014">{{cite web |url= http://www.khaleejtimes.com/kt-article-display-1.asp?xfile=data/international/2014/December/international_December705.xml&section=international |title=Modi's estranged wife fails to get details on security provided to her |first=Mahesh |last=Trivedi |work=[[Khaleej Times]] |date=29 December 2014 |access-date=12 May 2015}}</ref> At the end of December 2014, Jashodaben filed an appeal to the refusal.<ref name="3 January 2015 Times">{{cite web |url= http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Denied-information-under-RTI-Jashodaben-files-appeal/articleshow/45737596.cms |title=Denied information under RTI, Jashodaben files appeal |author=staff |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=3 January 2015 |access-date=20 May 2015}}</ref> In addition to the appeal, Jashodaben complained that the government officers changed her name from "Jashodaben Narendrabhai Modi" to her maiden name "Jashodaben Chimanlal Modi".<ref name="3 January 2015 Times"/> [[Doordarshan]], India's public television broadcaster, presented Jashodaben on television 1 January 2015 to hear her comments on the issue.<ref name="Raman February 2015">{{cite web |url= http://www.outlookindia.com/article/interruption-regretted/293175 |title=Interruption Regretted |first=Anuradha |last=Raman|work=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |date=2 February 2015 |access-date=20 May 2015}}</ref><ref name="Venugopal January 2015">{{cite web |url= http://articles.economictimes.indiatimes.com/2015-01-31/news/58650737_1_jashodaben-ib-ministry-andamans |title=DD Gujarat official sent to Andamans for airing Jashodaben news |first=Vasudha |last=Venugopal |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=31 January 2015 |access-date=20 May 2015}}</ref> As a result of this broadcast, the [[Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India)|Ministry of Information and Broadcasting]] chastised staff at Doordashan and transferred the director of the broadcast from [[Ahmedabad]] to [[Port Blair]] 2,500 km away.<ref name="Raman February 2015"/><ref name="Venugopal January 2015"/> On 6 February Jashodaben's request was again denied, and again addressed to "Jashodaben, Chimanlal Modi's daughter".<ref>{{cite web |url= http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/jashodaben-denied-info-under-rti-again/ |title=Jashodaben denied info under RTI again |author= |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=11 February 2015 |access-date=20 May 2015}}</ref>

In May 2015, Jashodaben filed a third request for the information about the security detail and their orders.<ref name="Desai May 2015"/> She also complained that she had completed the forms using her legal name, "Jashodaben Narendrabhai Modi", but the government office replied to her using her maiden name.<ref name="May 2015 object maiden name"/> In response to the filing, a government representative said, "If they are still not satisfied by the information given by the first appellate authority, they can file the second appeal at the Gujarat Information Commission."<ref name="May 2015 object maiden name"/> In response to the RTI request, commentator on women's issues [[Shobhaa De]] called Jashodaben a "superhero" and "plucky", and said that her actions were "bold, blunt, and to the point".<ref name="De November 2014">{{cite web |url= http://www.ahmedabadmirror.com/columns/others/Jashodaben-The-superhero/articleshow/45313021.cms |title=Jashodaben – The superhero |first=Shobhaa |last=De |work=[[Ahmedabad Mirror]] |date=29 November 2014 |access-date=8 May 2015}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sFj0G2GgG0 Narendra Modi's wife Jashodaben in conversation with Tv9 Gujarati], a video interview in Gujarati with English transcript by [[TV9 (Gujarati)]]
*{{cite web |url=http://www.openthemagazine.com/article/nation/i-am-narendra-modi-s-wife |title='I am Narendra Modi's Wife' |work=[[Open (Indian magazine)|Open]] |date=30 May 2009 |first= Haima |last=Deshpande }} (With interview.)
*{{cite web |url= http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/ahmedabad/i-like-to-read-about-him-modi-i-know-he-will-become-pm/ |title=I like to read about him (Modi)... I know he will become PM |first=Lakshmi |last=Ajay |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=1 February 2014 }} (With interview.)
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