Don't niggle at him;he is not a damp squib

You may praise Modi for his political functions, you may criticize his working, but you cannot ignore him. The BJP is always exuberant as Modi has taken this party from a local player to a national hero and  proved that they have the guts to win and rule the country. He has shown his charismatic leadership to assert that he is one of the tallest leaders in the world today. The economy is slightly on a path of recovery, but his stance though aggressive, he is not making enough classic strokes to increase the scores on an important subject of reforms. His record of governance for the past fifteen months, particularly on economic reforms is subdued. His niggling cues for this vital  issue and his inability to augment the various reforms making his opposition forces to corner him in the hall of the Lower House. Had he been successful in this direction, the opposition forces would have preferred not to criticize much. Despite his absolute majority in that house, he is playing like one of the greatest openers of test matches, namely Boycott. Why he is in defensive role?  He is not able to come out from the slough of the bureaucrat’s policy paralysis syndrome and not in a position to overrule and take drastic measures to speed up the reforms, which is otherwise sacrificing economic growth. Voted him to power, our country’s literate and the middle class populace are supposed to be his strength and helping to project him as their Messiah to change the economy. Whatever economic upbeat was observed in the past fifteen months, the credit cannot be given to him and his government alone. Some of the of big projects, which are established in the recent past by overseas investors, due credits must be  passed on to the earlier government and reforms declared by them. As for the NDA government’s approach to the economic reforms, the same is found to be timid and lacking a clear cut defined conviction. Modi’s approaching the supreme powers of various countries and convince them by his volubility will not suffice unless a conducive environment of reformatory approach is laid down instantly..

Modi is continually maintaining a chief ministerial style of administration.  He is not so proactive in the role of privatizing activities, the glaring example of perennially loss making public sector companies, such as Air India, which is constantly increasing the burden of losses and bleeding the tax payers money. Further, Modi’s approach to curb the illegal money though a laudable affair, is chilling the business sentiment domestically and this strategical movement is enriching corrupt officials only. Doing a compare and contrast of Modi’s work with Vajpayee, another stalwart of his party, the latter definitely showed a more prominent role in reformatory works. During Vajpayee’s tenure of Prime Ministership who was managing a coalition government, he could able to curb the overbearing role of the state in India’s economy. He widely reformed the infrastructure projects, namely construction of Golden quadrilateral national highways, telecommunications and quickly transformed a perpetual shortage into one of the greatest success stories in the world map. Vajpayee concentrated his whole focus and advised his the then  ministerial colleagues to do work right earnestly in the sectors of roads, schools and hospitals. In fact, his guidance to Arun Shourie saw many privatizations of ailing public sectors and earning revenues for the coffer. Though Vajpayee lost the election held in the year 2004, but his creativities and developmental policies paved a way for Modi to rise. After that trailing, the BJP was sitting on the opposition benches and continue with their lackluster roles. In the period of 2003-10, when economic growth averaged at an 8.3%, their contribution in parliament was negligible. Vajpayee has passed on his legacy to Modi, but what economic legacy Modi will give to his successors? Seeing Modi’s overall performance as a leader of the NDA government, it reminds that though he is batting in the number one  position as an opener, but preferring to adopt a defensive technique.  In that case, how he will augment more reforms in the days to come, is a big question mark. Still, niggling at him  may not be that  justified unless he finishes his first term as PM.