5 June 2024, The Indian EXPRESS
Vote for government and opposition
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GS2-Pressure Groups and Formal/Informal Associations and their Role in the Polity
- The final numbers will not tell the full story of this election verdict.
- The BJP, most of all, must carefully read between its lines and beyond them, too.
- A decade after the Narendra Modi-led party brought back the single-party dominance system to national centrestage, having replaced Congress as its centrepiece, India is set to have coalitions on both sides of the government-Opposition divide.
- The people of this diverse country have spoken and they have said that they are not one but many.
- And that they will not be straitjacketed by the homogenising political project that imposes One Leader, One Party, One Religion.
The challenge for INDIA
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GS2-Pressure Groups and Formal/Informal Associations and their Role in the Polity
- When dramatic expectations are set through media management, a setback looks like defeat.
- When parties and leaders are believed to be invincible, retaining power with constraints looks devastating. This is the BJP’s predicament.
- After enjoying two consecutive terms with an unfettered majority, the BJP can now return to a third term with crutches.
- The outcome presents it with three complicated features.
The show must go on
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GS3-Indian Economy and issues relating to Planning, Mobilization of Resources, Growth, Development and Employment
- The election outcome seems to be against the market and exit polls expectations.
- But the show must go on. The incoming government should aim for a rapid increase in per capita GDP through accelerated, inclusive and environmentally sustainable growth.
- Our growth aspirations have to keep in mind the rapidly changing global backdrop.
- The world is moving from globalisation to protectionism. Interest rates are likely to remain elevated.
- Fiscal stimulation will recede. Environmental considerations, along with technological disruptions, will adversely impact many businesses.
Mauritius, Bhutan leaders first to laud Modi; Meloni only from G20 so far
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GS2-Effect of Policies and Politics of Developed and Developing Countries on India’s interests
- Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Kumar Jugnauth was the first foreign leader to congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi on BJP-led NDA’s election victory.
- Maldives Prseident Mohamed Muizzu, Bhutan Prime Minister Tshering Tobgay, Nepal PM Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda and Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe also congratulated Modi.
- Giorgia Meloni, however, the Prime Minister of Italy was the only G20 leader so far to laud PM Modi. She said, “Congratulations to @narendramodi on the new electoral victory and my warmest wishes for good work. Certain that we will continue to work together to strengthen the friendship that unites Italy and India…” in a post on X in Italian.
