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“Ab ki Baar, Modi Sarkar” and “Modi ji ko jeetayenge, Acche din aayenge” were not merely slogans, but a strong populist emotion that lead to the end of an era of hegemony of the Indian National Congress in the 2014 general elections. These slogans carried a wave of determination to end the Congress tenure, to pass the throne to the government led by Narendra Modi; thus this wave was also called the “Modi wave”, and we do have to admit that there wasn’t a face as strong as Narendra Modi’s, to counter BJP, back in 2014.
BJP got it’s brahmastra in the form of Narendra Modi and the majority of India found it’s hero in him, he was the Chief of the vibrant state of India, he was apparently the only savior and the last hope of new India. Finally the charisma of Modi paid off pretty well and his party got a historical victory in the general elections, while he formed a strong self-dependent government. That was the time when expectations of voters were equally high, like the spirits of a newly formed government generally are, and all eyes were stuck on the new policies and developments that were promised in Modi’s regime.
Undoubtedly, Modi’s claimed-policies were totally different from previous regimes. To analyse this better, let’s start with his international visits, highest in number compared to any other PM of India in the past. He paid visits all over Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia and, of course, America, initiating a lot of talks and projects with several countries, but leaving most midway.
The Wuhan Summit with China, which happened to end the chaos and conflict on various issues, including BRI (Belt and Road Initiative) and Pakistan, are the foremost illustration of how Modi’s regime has failed to achieve it’s purpose, and failed to reach any concrete conclusion.
Let’s have a look at Modi ji’s domestic policies- let’s start with demonetization, the purpose for which was to “curb the rampant black money” or so we were told, which ultimately never happened. Soon the ‘purpose’ changed to promote “Digital India” and also, an endeavour to use of “plastic money” in India, but we all know better how the government has failed in achieving both.
Soon enough, Modi ji stopped talking about all those purposes and went back to talking about the “Jan Dhan Yojna,“ under which a recorded number of accounts were to be opened for the underprivileged, which was a good initiative, but again Modi ji forgot what exactly he was going to do with these accounts. Once during his rally in Chandigarh, before he got elected as the PM, he promised Rs. 15 lakh would be deposited in every account. But after becoming the PM, his ally Amit Shah termed it as an election “Jumla.”
Now if we go into the details of every policy claimed by Modi, it is going to take multiple such articles, but to substantiate my claim, as to why Modi ji is the jack of all trades and master of none, you just need a short assessment. He started a war on terrorism after the Uri attack, the brunt of which continue the valley continues to face in his tenure. The Pulwama attack and the continued ceasefire violations by Pakistan, is yet another example.
Modi ji is a brilliant orator, but hasn’t conducted even a single press conference in his entire tenure, which shows his cowardice along with his brilliance. How can we forget about BJP’s all time hot favorite Ram Mandir issue? He and his party garnered votes with the promise of the construction of the temple. Alas!
He was also accused for promoting favoritism in the appointment of the heads of independent bodies like RBI and CBI, and later on his own government was involved in a tussle with these bodies. The resignation of Urjit Patel (former RBI head) and Alok Verma (former CBI head) wasn’t ignored, and Modi failed to avoid the uncomfortable situation.
From DRDO’s A-SAT mission to the surgical strikes, and the release of wing commander Abhinandan by the Pakistam army, Modi took credit of all the good done by others, but whenever he failed the people of India, he also failed to take any responsibility, and that proves why he can never be a master of his trade.