Opinion | Why Modi 3.0 is a pale shadow of its first two terms
Summary
Narendra Modi’s third term has opened with protests, defensive responses and a weakening of the BJP’s agenda-setting grip, according to an opinion piece comparing it with the party’s earlier years in power. The article argues that the government now looks more reactive, less imaginative and more vulnerable to anti-incumbency.
Key Points
- Youth and opposition protests in New Delhi have challenged the Modi-led government’s image and forced it onto the defensive.
- The article says the BJP’s first term was defined by welfare delivery and its second by a strong Hindutva agenda, both of which helped it set the political narrative.
- In Modi 3.0, the government is portrayed as reactive, unable to produce a compelling new narrative or policy idea.
- Despite setbacks, the piece notes that Narendra Modi remains highly popular and that one major political turnaround could still change the government’s fortunes.
