India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, many criticize him for his foreign visits. But very few people know that he tries to spend his nights in the plane so that he can save time, keep his trips short and can accomplish maximum work in less time. Would you imagine, in his recent trips to Belgium, the US and Saudi Arabia, he just spent 4 days.

Modi Ji travelled from Delhi to Brussels, then from Brussels to Washington DC and from Washington DC to Riyadh. A senior government officer said, “It is unprecedented to complete a PM’s multination trip involving the US in just 97 hours. If the PM had not chosen to sleep on the plane, we would not have been back for at least six days.”

Compared to previous Prime Ministers, Narendra Modi spends much time for travelling in the nights and mostly he visited for summits and limited to one city only. If we compare the first two years of PM Modi with former PM Manmohan Singh, Modi has been out of the country for 95 days in comparison to Manmohan Singh’s 72 days of the UPA-1 and UPA-2 combine.

Modi has landed in 40 countries in 20 trips while in UPA-1, Singh visited 18 countries in 15 trips while in UPA-2 he visited 24 nations in 17 trips. An officer says, “He wants a detailed debriefing on the plane after one leg of the trip is over. There is no luxury to return to India and then prepare for the debriefing.” PM has to be given briefing within the 30 minutes of check-in into a hotel in a foreign nation before the meetings start.

PM Modi’s Night Stays:

When asked about night stay, PM Modi said, “A night should be spent in a foreign hotel only if there is an engagement scheduled the next day.” Asked about jet lag, “Before jet lag hits reverse jet lag comes into force,” said an officer.

What do you think about Narendra Modi’s foreign trips and his time tables? Please share your views whether he is better than previous Prime Ministers or not?