Gone are the days when politicians could win votes by inspiring self-pity in voters. This new generation is aspirational, it doesn't buy the 'kasam tumhari main ro padungi' attitude.
Over generations, Bihar’s bane has been its utter lack of urbanisation. But now, even Bihar is urbanising. Or let’s say, rurbanising. Two decades under Nitish Kumar have created a new elite in its cities.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
This is hilarious!! Indian media, including the author of this article is getting breathless analyzing and criticizing Rahul Gandhi and Congress for this election . I almost had to double check the date in my calendar if it’s really 2019 and not 2014!
Or maybe Congress did win in 2014 and perhaps it’s only me who has been in an alternate reality where Modi was running the govt from 2014 onwards, and therefore expecting he should have been the one getting written about a lot more.
The third alternative is pretty scary. That there is hardly any independent media left in the country.
In the absence of job creation and high unemployment rate RAGA is not going for reform agenda of labour laws, land reforms or agriculture reforms That can cover community all over India. Instead of that he is going for NYAY, as we know Congress hardly cross 125 they will easily say that we are in coalition and cant implement it (it will be good for India) if and only if they will come in to power. If we recall their spending on MGNREGA and farm loan waiver in UPA 1 will lead to high inflation of almost 10% starting from 2009 so NYAY will also lead to the same if implemented in coming years.
Instead of more reforms or creating more assets in urban and rural infrastructure and agriculture infrastructure from extra revenue earned during the 2004 to 2008 period they wasted it blindly. As impact of it started in UPA 2 they survive and won election in 2009. It will also reflect Congress seriousness on economy and poor.
The other thing that will impact them is dynasty with no leadership skill.
Not confident of touching three figures in 2014 one can understand. Towards its close, UPA II had completely lost what the columnist called its “ Iqbaal “. But why should the same poor electoral outcome be blowin’ in the wind for 2019, given the now fairly clear Report Card of the incumbent ? The corner office in Reliance will always be occupied by an Ambani, we all accept this as a fact of life, but they hire a lot of smart people, make sure the quarterly results are good.
Why do you think the current report card is poor…. while not stellar, it has been much cleaner than UPA 2, no matter how much the haters complain. No major scams have been unearthed so far (no, Rafale has not become Bofors yet… irrespective of RaGas efforts), and infra projects, as well as social service schemes, are generally back on track. In a chaotic country like India, this is more than one can realistically expect.
More importantly, there is no good or convincing reason to bring back the loser of 2014. Can you tell me what exactly they will do differently?
Shekar, needs to pen down his views afresh.. It is good to unlearn sometimes.
This is hilarious!! Indian media, including the author of this article is getting breathless analyzing and criticizing Rahul Gandhi and Congress for this election . I almost had to double check the date in my calendar if it’s really 2019 and not 2014!
Or maybe Congress did win in 2014 and perhaps it’s only me who has been in an alternate reality where Modi was running the govt from 2014 onwards, and therefore expecting he should have been the one getting written about a lot more.
The third alternative is pretty scary. That there is hardly any independent media left in the country.
In the absence of job creation and high unemployment rate RAGA is not going for reform agenda of labour laws, land reforms or agriculture reforms That can cover community all over India. Instead of that he is going for NYAY, as we know Congress hardly cross 125 they will easily say that we are in coalition and cant implement it (it will be good for India) if and only if they will come in to power. If we recall their spending on MGNREGA and farm loan waiver in UPA 1 will lead to high inflation of almost 10% starting from 2009 so NYAY will also lead to the same if implemented in coming years.
Instead of more reforms or creating more assets in urban and rural infrastructure and agriculture infrastructure from extra revenue earned during the 2004 to 2008 period they wasted it blindly. As impact of it started in UPA 2 they survive and won election in 2009. It will also reflect Congress seriousness on economy and poor.
The other thing that will impact them is dynasty with no leadership skill.
Not confident of touching three figures in 2014 one can understand. Towards its close, UPA II had completely lost what the columnist called its “ Iqbaal “. But why should the same poor electoral outcome be blowin’ in the wind for 2019, given the now fairly clear Report Card of the incumbent ? The corner office in Reliance will always be occupied by an Ambani, we all accept this as a fact of life, but they hire a lot of smart people, make sure the quarterly results are good.
Why do you think the current report card is poor…. while not stellar, it has been much cleaner than UPA 2, no matter how much the haters complain. No major scams have been unearthed so far (no, Rafale has not become Bofors yet… irrespective of RaGas efforts), and infra projects, as well as social service schemes, are generally back on track. In a chaotic country like India, this is more than one can realistically expect.
More importantly, there is no good or convincing reason to bring back the loser of 2014. Can you tell me what exactly they will do differently?