Politics has become very entertaining, like any movie or sports. Just as in tennis where rankings of the players keep fluctuating depending on their performance in the matches, politicians are also sailing in the same boat that assesses their performances. The excellent work they have done in their regions can play a key role in improving the numbers of their well-wishers. At the same time, no visit in the constituency or remaining cut off from the public for a long time dips the ranking of political leaders.

Here is the list of the top 10 most talked politicians of the country.

1. Narendra Modi

The Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the most searched politician on the internet. He led the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to a landslide victory in the 17th Lok Sabha elections held in 2019. Under the leadership of Modi, NDA came into power with a more massive mandate than 2014. Recently, the Modi government has been much in talks, and not all the reasons are good. While the prime minister received applauds for the scrapping of Article 370, it has run into a soup for the Citizenship Amendment Act. His initiatives like the ‘Beti Bachao and Beti Padhao’ and Swach Bharat Abhiyaan are quite successful, and it has hit the right note of PR exercises and societal development. PM Modi’s magic is continuing despite losing some old charm in recent times. Modi’s present Twitter followers have crossed 52.6M.

2. Amit Shah

Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister, is generally regarded as the most powerful leader in the central government after PM Modi. Of late, he is in the news for playing a vital role in the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir and the amendment of the Citizenship Bill. As the BJP party president, his character was immense in the saffron party’s thumping victory in the 17th Lok Sabha polls in 2019. Protest against Citizenship Bill across the country and attack on JNU students have dented his reputation. His present Twitter followers are over 17M.

3. Arvind Kejriwal

The current Chief Minister of Delhi is an IIT engineer and former bureaucrat most of the time remain in the news for his social work. In 2015 Delhi assembly poll, AAP bagged 67 out of 70 seats. But in the Lok Sabha polls last year, AAP had to face the rage of the Delhi people and lost all the parliamentary seats. The upcoming election in Delhi next month would be a stern test of Arvind Kejriwal’s five year’s governance in Delhi. He looks confident, but he should remain cautious because in politics, the pendulum swings overnight. His current Twitter followers are 16.3M.

4. Rahul Gandhi

Rahul Gandhi, despite his current aspirations and movements in politics, has not been able to capitalise Nehru-Gandhi family glory. He has received the accolade of being the Congress president. Rahul failed to live up to his expectations, and the fate of the grand old party remained unchanged. As an orator, he was unable to garner a large crowd for a long time. He has been a subject of much jokes lately, so under his leadership, the Congress’ reputation has taken a plunge. After the debacle in the Lok Sabha polls in 2019, he resigned from the seat of being party president. At present, he is an MP from Wayanad in Kerala. His present Twitter follower has touched 11.8M.

5. Mamata Banerjee

Mamata Banerjee, the current chief minister of West Bengal, has had a fascinating political journey and she continues to receive its warmth. Separated from the Congress, she formed her party All India Trinamool Congress in 1998 and became its chairperson. Mamata is a firebrand politician, and she somehow manages to remain in the news. Whether it be her speech or her approach in politics, she has been locking horns with the Union government over several issues. You can’t keep chirpy Mamata silent. The Trinamool Congress has lost its old glory in her state; the BJP has made a foray in Mamta’s bastion in 2019 Lok Sabha polls winning 18 out of 42 parliamentary seats in West Bengal. She is a severe critic of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) and Citizenship (Amendment Bill). Her present Twitter followers are over 3.8M.

6. Nirmala Sitharaman

Defence Minister in the previous government of the BJP, Nirmala Sitharaman is currently holding the finance and corporate affairs portfolio in Modi 2.0 government. Incidentally, she is India’s first full-time female finance minister. When Sitharaman presented the Union Budget in 2019, she became the second woman after Indira Gandhi to achieve this feat. At present, she has been on the receiving end due to slowdown of the Indian economy and the dipping GDP of the country. In spite of several measures to boost growth but things are not coming on track, so she has to face severe criticism from the opposition party. At present, more than 2.7M people follow her on Twitter.

7. Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Priyanka, sister of Rahul and daughter of Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, can continue the legacy of Nehru-Gandhi family. In spite of opening her eyes only recently in the political atmosphere, she kept herself aloof from politics for a long time and preferred to spend a family life. But she was a regular visitor to interact with people. Last year, before the Lok Sabha polls, she formally decided to enter in active politics, appointed as the Congress’ General Secretary in charge of the eastern part of Uttar Pradesh. Her present Twitter followers are over 1.3M.

8. YS Jaganmohan Reddy

YS Jaganmohan Reddy, son of former Andhra Pradesh CM YS Rajasekhara Reddy, is the current chief minister of the state known as a soft-spoken politician. Jagan Reddy’s party YSRCP outclassed Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP in the state assembly elections; his party won 22 Lok Sabha seats out of 25 in Andhra Pradesh. His present Twitter followers are more than 1.3M.

9. P Chidambaram

P Chidambaram, the former Union Finance and the Home Minister, was in the news for his dubious distinction. He was in the CBI net for some alleged foul play. The Harvard educated leader was put behind bars for his involvement in NX Media money laundering case, granted bail after spending over a hundred days in jail. Chidambaram and his family members blamed the ruling party BJP’s “vendetta politics” was responsible for his arrest. His current Twitter followers are 1.1M.

10. Navjot Singh Sidhu

The former cricketer turned politician is known for his rhetorics. Most of the time, he is in the news for some wrong reasons. He first joined the BJP on starting a political career. Then he turned coat and jumped to Congress. Sidhu was criticised for attending the swearing-in ceremony of Imran Khan as Pakistan’s PM, visited Kartarpur and delivered a firebrand speech there. His current followers on Twitter are more than 676.5K.