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Editor’s Note

NaMo 2.0 shuns & stuns

opposition

The failure of The Opposition correction right away. The BJP alone has over 300 Lok
including “mahagathbandhan” to Sabha seats which gives it the power to override even its
offer a credible an alternative to allies but great power comes with greater responsibil-
the voters has once again paved ity. Once the euphoria subsides, the Modi needs to get
the way for another landslide vic- back to work to resolve issues of terror from across the
tory for the BJP-led NDA in the Lok border and farm sector crisis. The BJP has to fulfill its
Sabha 2019 elections. The opposition promise in manifestos of 2014 and 2019 to double farm-
has been shunned and half a dozen ers’ income by 2022. Other issues that need immediate
prime ministerial hopefuls including Rahul attention are unemployment, impending economic
Gandhi, Mamata Banerjee, N.Chandrababu Naidu, and slowdown, and intolerance. The Prime Minister-elect’s
Mayawati, stunned. first speech at the parliamentary party meeting of the
The Grand Old Party was decimated even in Rajas- National Democratic Alliance was most significant as
than, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh where it had he focused on inclusion, restraint, regional aspirations,
won the Assembly polls less than six months ago. The constitutional values and the minorities who had been
saving grace was Punjab, Kerala and Tamil Nadu. The living in fear. To end the trust deficit, Modi included
Modi tsunami was so strong that Rahul Gandhi lost “Sabka Vishwas” to his slogan of “Sabka saath, sabka vi-
even from the family pocket borough Amethi. The 2019 kaas” by working for all and not merely for those who
outcome was powered by the hyper-nationalist agenda voted for them. This has earned everyone’s admiration
while the welfare schemes of the Modi government did for Modi. His message seems to be a shift from a politi-
play a role. The BJP was able to make inroads in West cian to a statesman and his gesture of paying respects to
Bengal and Orissa in a big way. The BJP’s gains in Tel- veterans LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi and Parkash
angana indicates that BJP is no more a part of the Hindi Singh Badal shows that PM in his second innings is
belt. turning to be a unifying figure. The task for Modi gov-
The Modi government has got brute mandate but it ernment is cut and the foremost task is to gain the trust
should hold its ground and play its constitutional role of all citizens. Tehelka while extending congratulations
with while defeated parties need to introspect where to the BJP hopes that Modi’s second term will be more
they went wrong in 2014 and 2019. It is a long way to inclusive and pluralistic than the first.
2024 but the opposition parties should look for course (chARAnjIt AhujA)

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