Modi brings a CM’s dynamism to the PM’s office, yet must also be the great reconciler
In his Independence Day speech the PM sounded like a combative battle-ready chieftain in election mode. He’s daggers drawn with the Opposition and Parliament has begun to resemble the state assemblies of Tamil Nadu or Uttar Pradesh, where a Jayalalithaa vs Karunanidhi or a Mayawati vs Mulayam, and in this case Sonia Gandhi vs Narendra Modi are locked in unbreakable mortal combat. Like most chief ministers he treats Parliament like a state assembly and barely attends it.
He announces a series of schemes ranging from municipal cleanliness to doing away with job interviews, without really articulating an overall policy vision that can be set in motion Read More
