For some fans of new Indian leader, so far, so disappointing

[prasad1]

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As an election campaigner, Narendra Modi promised sweeping market reforms to revive India's economy and put the country to work. As prime minister, he has dismayed admirers, apparently reverting to the script of the hapless government he defeated.


To some of the economists and business leaders who as his campaign cheerleaders dared to dream of a Thatcherite revolution, he seems not to be listening. Three months after his win, it is dawning on them that their views count for little.


"As of now, the momentum is lost. They might still recover it, but we have lost the moment," said Bibek Debroy, a prominent economist who co-wrote a book laying out a reform agenda that the new prime minister himself launched in June.


Debroy told Reuters that so far there had been no signs of the promised change at institutions sapped by graft and over-regulation that many Indians have grown to revile.

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Modi won India's biggest election mandate in three decades in May after promising to revive growth that has fallen below 5 percent, choking off job opportunities for the one million people who enter the workforce every month.


He dangled the prospect of new roads, factories, power lines, high-speed trains and even 100 new cities. So far, there has been little movement on any of these gigantic tasks, which will require an overhaul of India’s land acquisition laws, faster environmental clearances and an end to red tape.


He has refrained from cutting food aid that is estimated to cost 1 percent of gross domestic product, or tackling costly welfare programmes.


Last month, his government blocked a global trade reform pact, saying there must be movement on a parallel agreement on stockpiling that is necessary to run a program to distribute cheap food, the world's largest.


A leader with such a strong mandate "should be making policy with conviction, not emulating tactics of a defunct government," Surjit Bhalla, an economist and bitter critic of the previous government, wrote in the Indian Express newspaper.
For some fans of new Indian leader, so far, so disappointing | Reuters

 

[tks]

Let us identify those so called fans who care for the large numbers of Indians living in utter poverty. Let us review what solutions they had advocated. Let them make a case why this government is against the masses. Then I will listen.

Articles like this in my view are suspect because the so called 'fans' come across as mouth pieces of powerful forces wanting the 'global trade reform' or they may be 'fans' whose ego may have been rubbed the wrong way by not being listened to...

 

[Vaagmi]

I agree with the contents of tks's post fully.

 

[sarang]

Modi in all his rallies said he wanted 60 months to correct 60 years of misrule by congress. They who elected him will give him the time he wanted. He will just ignore his distractors and deliver his promises. Barking dogs cannot be silenced but hopefully will fall silent due to exhaustion.

In the look sabha rajnath Singh talked for more than two hours answering every issue raised by the members in the debate. The members could not sit through the speech and literally begged him to conclude, did not allow any member to put supplementaries.

 

[biswa]

What's the point of quoting so many armchair economists? They know s***.

Better to focus on doers rather than lecturers. Having opinions is not the same as making changes.

 

[prasad1]

Let us identify those so called fans who care for the large numbers of Indians living in utter poverty. Let us review what solutions they had advocated. Let them make a case why this government is against the masses. Then I will listen.

Articles like this in my view are suspect because the so called 'fans' come across as mouth pieces of powerful forces wanting the 'global trade reform' or they may be 'fans' whose ego may have been rubbed the wrong way by not being listened to...

OK tksji,
I assume that you want to give Modi government more time, and hopefully he delivers.
But even Supreme Court of India is pointing out that government is backtracking on its election promises.
http://www.tamilbrahmins.com/genera...ganga-sc-krishnadas-rajagopal.html#post256772

Is it another AAP type of government? At least Kejriwal could point the finger at his coalition partner, Modi does not have that luxury.

If you do not think that economists, journalists, and Supreme Court should question the progress of BJP government. Of course you do not want to listen to the views of opposition party members. So effectively you have given carte blanche to this government. Is it a democracy or something else?

 

[prasad1]

Mr. Modi’s river disconnect
PARVATHY BINOY
Since taking office, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been busy outlining just how exactly he will make the acche din (good days) roll in for India and Indians. And central to the government’s vision of a sujalam suphalam mataram is the river interlinking project. The interlinking project aims to link India’s rivers by a network of reservoirs and canals that will allow for their water capacities to be shared and redistributed. This, its votaries claim, is an engineered panacea that will reduce persistent floods in some parts and water shortages in other parts besides facilitating the generation of hydroelectricity for an increasingly power hungry country.
Mr. Modi?s river disconnect   - The Hindu

 

[tks]

OK tksji,
I assume that you want to give Modi government more time, and hopefully he delivers.
But even Supreme Court of India is pointing out that government is backtracking on its election promises.
http://www.tamilbrahmins.com/genera...ganga-sc-krishnadas-rajagopal.html#post256772

Is it another AAP type of government? At least Kejriwal could point the finger at his coalition partner, Modi does not have that luxury.

If you do not think that economists, journalists, and Supreme Court should question the progress of BJP government. Of course you do not want to listen to the views of opposition party members. So effectively you have given carte blanche to this government. Is it a democracy or something else?

Sri Prasad

I think anyone can question the BJP government. Good opposition parties is needed to get ruling party accountable. In a good democracy there is no need to give carte blanche to any ruling party.

Having said this I already outlined my view on identifying credible journalists/economists that have demonstrated highest standards of integrity.

1. Demonstrated role (not just mere lip service) in caring for poor people and masses
2. Demonstrate no connection to power groups who only stand to benefit by destroying the character of a ruling party. Anyone that is making a case of India's screw up for so called global trade pact without specifics cannot be trusted. They are probably puppets.

In today's world journalist in most countries lack integrity. People in power have figured out that they can control the masses by controlling the media. THE HINDU news paper in my view should be boycotted by its readers - it has an agenda of propagating anti-Hindu message with puppets in key positions controlled by powerful religious organizations outside India.

So when someone offers a criticism I first question their credentials and see if they have earned the rights to be trusted. Then I want to see if their criticism has sound logic.

PM Modi's promise is to uplift the masses who are in dire poverty over some time. If someone credible makes a case he is slipping in that goal we need to encourage those voices. But the expectation set has to be seen as reasonable.

The supreme court of India is political in nature and have lost their stature as an independent thinking organization. They may still be better than others but they should go back to being non-political first

 

[mkrishna100]

Modi told he will give his report card in May 2019 when his term of Government comes to end .I am willing to wait for May 2019 but till then there will be lot of State Elections , By Elections etc etc and Modi and his team will be made answerable for whatever they do on a day to day basis both Inside and Outside the parliament and it is up to Modi and his team to respond to those charges . But as a Citizen I am willing to give Modi and his team 5 years before I decide whether they are worthy of being re-elected again .

 

[renuka]

I think people in India really suffer from the Avatar Syndrome!LOL

They expect to be saved all the time without making an attempt to change.

A new PM does not come with a magic wand.

A new 1st time PM needs time to adjust himself to the job..no one has internship as a PM..they are expected to be PM right away.

So why not give Modi some time?

Campaigning for elections promising changes etc are easier said than done.

Only when one get the post of PM..that is when his real campaign actually starts and he might need to shelf less urgent matters that were campaigned as urgent matters once upon a time.

A person needs time to cope with a new position that too a mess in this case to be set right.

What is so hard to understand that people need time to bring about changes?

 

[sarang]

I-Day: Real Freedom From Sickulars

'Mediacrooks' is a very active in twitter and his ranks third or fourth in popularity in terms of followers and exposure. He has been exposing the tv media, its journalists for their unethical and psec mindset and their relentless effort to run down modi, his government and bjp. More and more reporters and channels are exposed by the social media. The blog site mediacrooks.com contains excellent posts to know about 'pressitutes'.

Excerpts:

"Last year this same day I wrote the post “I-Day – Mercury rising, so is Modi”. Ordinary folks could see his connect with the people. Only the wilfully blind and those swimming in the sewage of lies and deception continued to argue that Narendra Modi will never be PM. They hoped desperately that somehow a fractured mandate will bring their favourite Congress crooks and clones back to power. They believed their corrupt existence would continue to flourish. They were peddling all the worthless reasons why Modi cannot and will not be PM. Here are ten reasons offered by a shady article in India Today.

1. BJP needs 272 seats in Lok Sabha
2. No one wants to come along
3. With so much infighting in the house, how will Modi play his innings?
4. Remember what Nitish said
5. Party has no answers in Uttar Pradesh
6. The party only gets a zero in the south
7. Coalitions and policies won't work with one-man show
8. No experience whatsoever of parliamentary politics
9. Has he won anything outside Gujarat?
10. The post-Godhra riots taint yet to wash away

"The ones who wrote the article must find a black face when they look in the mirror. While I have quoted India Today, there is hardly any media house that did not write articles on the same lines. There is hardly any news channel that did not predict the political death of Modi. All their garbage has collected at the door of 10 Janpath.

"What happened in 2014 is historic. It is the first time in our 67 years of journey as an independent nation that the people refused to drink the sand anymore. They were sick and tired of fake promises, fake secularism and the Himalayan corruption and loot of this country’s wealth. It is the first time in our history that a party, other than Congress, has won a clear majority in the Lok Sabha. The losers didn’t learn any lessons. For years they have tried tainting Modi and the BJP as “communal” killers. It didn’t work. The Congress and Sonia Gandhi didn’t have any new ideas. The family comics like Rahul Gandhi andPriyanka Vadra added to their comic value by stupid utterances and campaigns. Now the same SoniaG, at the pits of her political career, wants to fight back with victimhood and the same campaign of “BJP is communal”.

"Since the elections there is a massive campaign against the BJP and Modi tarring them as communal and instigating communal riots in UP and other places in India. National Comedian Rahul Gandhi jumped into the well of the LS and demanded a discussion on it. The chorus is to tar the new govt a bit more as communal and demand that the “Communal violence bill” (a pet project of anti-Hindu Congress) is tabled and somehow pass it when it couldn’t pass even when its perpetrators were in power. Each I-Day I think about a decisive speech that would turn the corner and put out truth in the bluntest and most unpalatable manner for these hate-mongers. They got lucky! This time, the BJP found a man who launched the most scathing attack on the real communalists. He spoke the truths that were being discussed on SM for long. To say that he stripped Sonia, Rahul, Congis and people like Arnab and Barkha of all their clothes and right down to their bones would be an understatement.

"In about 20 minutes flat Yogi Adityanath disrobed the entire Sickular community and the Fiberals in the media and had them running for cover. There is a point beyond which LIES cannot be tolerated and he made that abundantly clear to Congress, its clones and their media pimps. The Yogi did not leave any crime untouched. Bangladeshi illegals regularised, Assam, terrorists being sought to be released (Madani?), Azad Maidan, the attack on Baba Ramdev’s rally in June 2011, Sachar Committee, some people working as Pak agents, Saharanpur and the govt and Muslims’ unwillingness to accept court verdicts, Moradabad and the nonsense of why Masjids can have speakers but not temples. He stripped them bare enough to make the Full Monty look like a nursery story.

 

[prasad1]

My darling columnists: Credibility of political pundits is low but voters’ need for punditry high
Soon, the NDA government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chalk up 100 days in office. For some mysterious reason this magic figure is considered an appropriate moment by the media to take stock. It is a rite of passage.Frankly, we live in such ‘interesting’ times that it is virtually impossible to locate a commentator without an agenda. An agenda-less commentator is an endangered species. Which brings us back to the luckless citizen looking for views and positions he can put his faith in. Who does he turn to if all public affairs gurus are openly partial?I will not be revealing any secrets when i say the credibility of the pundit is at an all-time low, if you exclude the Emergency. The prevailing atmosphere of suspicion and conspiracy theories is so toxic we should not be surprised by the strong inclination towards negativity in the people. As a result, even while he is perusing a 900-word column, the reader is wondering, “Why is this lying bugger lying to me?”
At a time when the entire media is increasingly perceived with suspicion, why should the column-writer remain uncontaminated by partisanship? After all, the pundit is a creature of the environment we all inhabit. He does not live on Mars.
The challenge for those privileged to contribute to the ‘heart of a newspaper’, then, becomes even more daunting. In a society where columnists and editors play favourites, the victim is the reader. Who looks after his interest? Media people day in and day out affirm their commitment to the reader, and the reader alone. Alas, the commitment doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
In short, truth and readability are essential for a column. Remember you don’t want to tell the truth in a way which puts your reader to sleep.
Is there any solution for the present depressing situation? I cannot easily think of one. However, if a solution exists it lies in the hands of the reader. He must reject those columnists (and the papers they write for) that flagrantly violate the basic canons of trust. The reader will be doing the media a favour and also the pundit, who must know he has been caught out.
My darling columnists: Credibility of political pundits is low but voters? need for punditry high | Times of India Opinion

 

[sarang]

Proof of the pudding is in the eating. The new government is not giving any freebies, does not offer free rides in pm's flights, and has ensured that there are no leaks from the ministries. Delhi the den of parties by media, agents, businessmen to bureaucrats has become a dull place for the pressitutes.

Recent deliberate misreporting and mud slinging by the media on Ms. Irani on her 'yale degree' has again exposed the newstraders.

English tv has lost all credibility; regional channels are more balanced and fair. Use of social media to maintain contact with the public is a big hit and some ministries and the pm are a breath of fresh fragrant air, enough to dissipate the night soil smell of the paid media and its opinionated contributors.

Statement from India Today Group on Smriti Irani's Yale certificate : India, News - India Today