Narendra Modi has unveiled an impressive and interesting cabinet. Amit Shah’s rise marks a big political shift and the inclusion of S. Jaishankar is a surprising and exciting move. The stalling economy is Modi’s big and most urgent challenge. Campaigning is over and it’s time to hit the ground running.
Congress needs to be seen and heard, not sulking and silent
The Congress is barking up the wrong tree by not sending spokespersons for TV debates. It’s a juvenile, knee-jerk response to the election defeat. This is when the party must remind voters they will fight on. With Rahul Gandhi already sulking, Congress needs to do visible introspection, not clam up.
We should be grateful that some channels still consider it journalistically necessary to put both points of view across. Without leaving the viewer in any doubt for whom their hearts beat. A large swathe of the media is in a spot global peers would not recognise. With no choice in the matter, hum bhi thak gaye NDTV ko dekhte dekhte …