Prime Minister Narendra Modi is yet to reveal his hand, but there are clear signs that his tenure is a work in progress. Together with its electoral gains over the last three years both nationally and at the state level, BJP, inspired by Narendra Modi, has formally taken over the pole position in Indian politics from the Congress. Enviable while the situation is for the BJP, the bigger question is how will it deploy this hard earned social capital? Modi is yet to reveal his hand, but there are clear signs that his tenure is a work in progress. Interestingly, this has not met with the predictable backlash of political smear campaign—presumably Modi’s social capital is working to the NDA’s advantage yet again.

Source: Mint August 06, 2017 23:03 UTC