PM Modi’s third national address on coronavirus pandemic sought to motivate Indians, once again, by giving them a unifying activity during lockdown. This is needed, but Modi must also use his tremendous confidence-boosting power to assure citizens about specific actions being taken on doctors’ safety, infection spread and hospital capacity.
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There are a host of people finding something wrong with whatever Modi does.
He cannot be perfect.
He has made mistakes and miscalculated as per experts from different fields.
Demonetization was a disaster, GST a complete screw-up add to that the other issues of the 370&35A, CAA, Shanheen Baugh and now the COVID-19.
Sir, he will still come back with even better majority.
The intelligence arrogance is to think that by-passing the issue of his honesty he still could be defeated.
Unless you can find a man with impeccable honesty and even 25% of his other qualities, there is no hope in the hell to defeat him in a democracy.
Governor Andrew Cuomo is striking the perfect note. Not turning emotional even when he describes his younger brother Chris’ ailment.