Consensus and consultation are not two traits displayed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. But the marathon Covid video conferences are changing that image.
In their 5th video conference with PM Modi, many state CMs differed with the Centre on an exit strategy, and batted for a two-week extension of the lockdown.
What should worry the BJP high command is the failure of the NDA chief ministers to rise to the occasion and become Modi’s ambassadors who could deliver in times of crises.
Having won accolades for the bold decision to impose nationwide lockdown, Modi knows that both extension and easing of it will now bring diminishing political returns.
After a long time, the focus of Indian TV news isn’t Delhi Durbar, but virologists, healthcare workers and chief ministers of states from Bengal to Kerala.
The chief justices-chief ministers’ conference is a rare forum where the executive and judiciary come together to talk about issues that matter to both.
The hoarding of portfolios cuts across party lines, with the top 5 including chief ministers from BJP, Congress and Left. At No.1 is UP's Yogi Adityanath with 35 portfolios.
One has to be incredibly credulous to buy BJP spin masters’ argument that the government got rid of Vice President Jagdeep Dhankhar for harmonious relationship with the judiciary.
Modi government had also made numerous efforts to establish peace with Pakistan but has now adopted a different path, militarily, to establish peace, adds defence minister.
As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.
One more problem for Modi haters. One less reason for them to criticise him. And now if the migrant workers still vote for BJP in upcoming elections, where does that leave those professional activists, the NGOs, the media portals etc who have got funding from foreign and other dubious sources, with the promise of delivering regime change?
Access journalist at its best. The Print has made its mission to praise public servants and indulge in supposedly objective / on the sly praise of politicians.
In fact, for the past month, I look at The Print’s home page to see which public servant is being praised. Or, some known name type writing his ‘opinion’. Indian Express lite, eh? Very, very light.
Print only has one mature journalist, it is the founder. Rest are just fresh graduates with a lot of opinions but no life experience.
They just jumble together a few words, mention some European examples and presto a hate Modi article is done.
They are just trolls.
You just made a lot of enemies for Amit Shah by pointing out the obvious!
What total TRIPE !
India is NOT a Federal Republic and the Prime Minister is not a chief of a federation of states! The idiocy of “”rule by committee” has seem many a nation sink into quagmire and it is only too recently that India had a “”Commission”” of alliance partners who decided Governance while the Prime Minister was the Prime puppet of an unaccountable “”chairperson”” who had no responsibility.
State have their own Governments for efficiency of Governance – not for the absurd logic of utilizing the “”Wisdom of crowds”” in governance. The Central Government is a distinct and separate entity from State Govts and Modi being a former CM knows this only too well. What he could do as CM is can’t as PM and vice versa. That’s the way it ought to be and rightly so – the Prime Minister’s job is not to rule by consensus – his job is to rule by leadership and giving policy directions. In this regard as Modi has rightly said – the Center has succeeded in marshalling the resources of the Union in providing leadership and resources to the states.
The states are required to improvise when necessary but largely carry out the effective implementation on the ground, to take care of their people. They have no business in grand policy and deciding about issues they have no insight into . Quite simply the CMs have no earned that right ! They were elected to govern their state – not the country.
It only brings out the bias ( if charitable) / stupidity( being realistic)/ or Lazy thinking, of journalists. For all of them the guiding motto is ‘ Negativity Sells’. Modi was always very clear in his thinking. Never consult overtly when the decision was solely his responsibility. And when circumstances called he will move forward only after consultation, with all stakeholders. Covid19 pandemic belongs to the latter category.
One more problem for Modi haters. One less reason for them to criticise him. And now if the migrant workers still vote for BJP in upcoming elections, where does that leave those professional activists, the NGOs, the media portals etc who have got funding from foreign and other dubious sources, with the promise of delivering regime change?
Modi becoming democratic? You must be hallucinating! Even Modi would be laughing at the idea.
Access journalist at its best. The Print has made its mission to praise public servants and indulge in supposedly objective / on the sly praise of politicians.
In fact, for the past month, I look at The Print’s home page to see which public servant is being praised. Or, some known name type writing his ‘opinion’. Indian Express lite, eh? Very, very light.
Print only has one mature journalist, it is the founder. Rest are just fresh graduates with a lot of opinions but no life experience.
They just jumble together a few words, mention some European examples and presto a hate Modi article is done.
They are just trolls.
You just made a lot of enemies for Amit Shah by pointing out the obvious!
What total TRIPE !
India is NOT a Federal Republic and the Prime Minister is not a chief of a federation of states! The idiocy of “”rule by committee” has seem many a nation sink into quagmire and it is only too recently that India had a “”Commission”” of alliance partners who decided Governance while the Prime Minister was the Prime puppet of an unaccountable “”chairperson”” who had no responsibility.
State have their own Governments for efficiency of Governance – not for the absurd logic of utilizing the “”Wisdom of crowds”” in governance. The Central Government is a distinct and separate entity from State Govts and Modi being a former CM knows this only too well. What he could do as CM is can’t as PM and vice versa. That’s the way it ought to be and rightly so – the Prime Minister’s job is not to rule by consensus – his job is to rule by leadership and giving policy directions. In this regard as Modi has rightly said – the Center has succeeded in marshalling the resources of the Union in providing leadership and resources to the states.
The states are required to improvise when necessary but largely carry out the effective implementation on the ground, to take care of their people. They have no business in grand policy and deciding about issues they have no insight into . Quite simply the CMs have no earned that right ! They were elected to govern their state – not the country.
Very well articulated.
The Print goes back to doing what it is best at – Criticize.
It only brings out the bias ( if charitable) / stupidity( being realistic)/ or Lazy thinking, of journalists. For all of them the guiding motto is ‘ Negativity Sells’. Modi was always very clear in his thinking. Never consult overtly when the decision was solely his responsibility. And when circumstances called he will move forward only after consultation, with all stakeholders. Covid19 pandemic belongs to the latter category.