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20-03-2024, 10:22 AM
Published: March 17, 2024 7.01pm GMT
Piyal Adhikary
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The Modi government’s record is mixed – especially in managing the economy – and has disappointed many voters.
To be sure, as the prime minister frequently reminds voters, India has grown faster than many competitors in recent years. But the BJP came to office ten years ago promising double-digit growth rates and it has never achieved that goal.
Worse still, it has struggled to generate jobs for the millions of young people who need them.
Critics point to errors in BJP economic policy they think have stifled growth and job creation. These include:
- the shock inflicted in 2016 by the sudden withdrawal of 85% of India’s paper money, ostensibly to combat corruption
- the bungled introduction of much-needed reforms to the agricultural sector
- and the ongoing protection of India’s big industrial conglomerates from domestic and foreign competition.
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Why, then, do so many Indians still support the Modi government?
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At the centre of this ...... sits a group of convinced Hindu nationalists, motivated by an ideology known as “Hindutva”. They argue that India’s society and government should reflect what they believe is the will of the Hindu majority, numbering about 80% of the population.
For decades, they have campaigned to end what they perceive as unreasonable special protections given to religious minorities, including for places of worship and faith-based divorce and child custody laws, as well as the autonomous status of the Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Step by step, over the past decade, the Modi government has met many of these demands, locking in the Hindu nationalist base for the BJP.
In 2019, it revoked the constitutional amendments that limited New Delhi’s rights to determine how Kashmir is governed.
Much more at: https://theconversation.com/narendra-mod...ion-224868
Piyal Adhikary
......
The Modi government’s record is mixed – especially in managing the economy – and has disappointed many voters.
To be sure, as the prime minister frequently reminds voters, India has grown faster than many competitors in recent years. But the BJP came to office ten years ago promising double-digit growth rates and it has never achieved that goal.
Worse still, it has struggled to generate jobs for the millions of young people who need them.
Critics point to errors in BJP economic policy they think have stifled growth and job creation. These include:
- the shock inflicted in 2016 by the sudden withdrawal of 85% of India’s paper money, ostensibly to combat corruption
- the bungled introduction of much-needed reforms to the agricultural sector
- and the ongoing protection of India’s big industrial conglomerates from domestic and foreign competition.
......
Why, then, do so many Indians still support the Modi government?
......
At the centre of this ...... sits a group of convinced Hindu nationalists, motivated by an ideology known as “Hindutva”. They argue that India’s society and government should reflect what they believe is the will of the Hindu majority, numbering about 80% of the population.
For decades, they have campaigned to end what they perceive as unreasonable special protections given to religious minorities, including for places of worship and faith-based divorce and child custody laws, as well as the autonomous status of the Muslim-majority state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Step by step, over the past decade, the Modi government has met many of these demands, locking in the Hindu nationalist base for the BJP.
In 2019, it revoked the constitutional amendments that limited New Delhi’s rights to determine how Kashmir is governed.
Much more at: https://theconversation.com/narendra-mod...ion-224868
