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HITS AND MISSES MARK MODI’S FIRST 100 DAYS

By S Sethuraman

 

Uncomfortably, for the Modi Government, despite full command of power at the national level and BJP’s majoritarianism, the first 100 days have fallen short of expectations, at national or global levels, of an economic resurgence or of promise of “change” of atmospherics towards greater transparency and accountability in governance.

 

On the other hand, despite tight enforcement of Prime Ministerial authority, cracks had begun to surface recently at the top Ministerial ranks while the BJP outfits, reinforced by the party’s stronghold on power at the Centre, have been stepping up the Hindutva agenda, not excluding calls to turn India a Hindu Rashtra, and changes in the educational system and text-books to promote a far from inclusive ideology.

 

Growth, inflation, corruption and jobs were the themes that guided a vast segment of the votes that went in favour of Mr Narendra M



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