India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
At a moment of crisis, no harm in the Congress viewing itself as a regional party but, unlike the others, having strengths in a number of states. It has a good chance of returning to power in R / M / C later this year, with a little help from the BSP. It could return to Maharashtra in alliance with the NCP. Haryana could be reclaimed from Khattarji. It has clung on to Karnataka with the JDS. Kerala brings it back every alternate election. So a Congress mukt Bharat is not a realistic proposition. It also does not accord with the spirit of democracy.
At a moment of crisis, no harm in the Congress viewing itself as a regional party but, unlike the others, having strengths in a number of states. It has a good chance of returning to power in R / M / C later this year, with a little help from the BSP. It could return to Maharashtra in alliance with the NCP. Haryana could be reclaimed from Khattarji. It has clung on to Karnataka with the JDS. Kerala brings it back every alternate election. So a Congress mukt Bharat is not a realistic proposition. It also does not accord with the spirit of democracy.