The Modi decade: Can he beat Nehru’s electoral record View(s):By Shashi TharoorNEW DELHI – Last week, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government inaugurated a new parliament building in New Delhi. As a member of the opposition, I, too, have strongly criticised the Indian government’s policies, rhetoric, and functioning. The Modi government’s response to the COVID-19 crisis also left much to be desired. The jury is still out on the Modi government’s handling of several other challenges, from the Ukraine war to Chinese encroachments along the disputed Himalayan frontier. (Shashi Tharoor, a former UN under-secretary-general and former Indian Minister of State for External Affairs and Minister of State for Human Resource Development, is an MP for the Indian National Congress.

Source: Sunday Times June 11, 2023 08:12 UTC