PM Modi and Amit Shah claiming credit for securing a Ram temple in the Jharkhand election campaign is jarring. Especially after Modi appealed to his BJP colleagues not to politicise or celebrate the Supreme Court verdict. This shows Modi-Shah’s BJP is unable to overcome its basic instinct to polarise voters.
Fadnavis resigns, now real test is of Sena-NCP-Congress, but BJP musn’t repeat a Karnataka
CM Devendra Fadnavis’s abrupt resignation ahead of the floor test has rightly ended the sleazy political drama in Maharashtra for now. This makes it imperative on the unnatural Shiv Sena-NCP-Congress alliance to provide a stable and efficient government. And the BJP should not try to repeat a Karnataka in Maharashtra.
Perhaps CM Raghubar Das should have had a much better Report Card to present to voters. Jharkhand is a resource rich state where an honest, effective administration can endear itself to people, the way CM Naveen Patnaik, in a comparable state, has.
Let us put it this way : Sharad Pawar is not Deve Gowda. It is wonderful for his family – now reunited – and party to be part of the state government as important inter generational changes take place. As Minister Mentor, he could facilitate coordination between the three coalition partners who will have to adjust to working with each other. 2. There has been stunning loss of political capital since Saturday morning. That gives the new state government a cocoon of comfort. It inherits a weak economy and few worthwhile achievements. There are senior, seasoned practitioners of governance who would bring weight to the Cabinet. The stakes are too high for all three constituents for them to drop the ball.