Washington: A renowned American expert and columnist on South Asia affairs has said a big thing. American expert says that this is definitely the Modi era in India and the position of the ruling party Bharatiya Janata Party is clearly strong in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the country. The expert said that BJP will return to power for the third time. Sadanand Dhume, columnist on South Asia affairs for ‘Wall Street Journal’ and associated with the think tank ‘American Enterprise Institute’, said this in an interview to PTI.
‘Modi is at the center of national discussion’
Dhume said that this is Modi era in India. He said, “In the Indian context, this is undoubtedly the Modi era. As it has been the Trump era in American politics since 2015, whether he is in power or not. There is clearly a Modi era in India since about 2013.” He said, ”Whether you like him or hate him, he is at the center of national discussion. If you look at politics from the time of Indira Gandhi till now, you will find that there is no such leader who has been at the center of national discussion like this.
The government did good work on the economic front
Dhume said that the Indian government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi has done very good work on the economic front. He said, “Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personal popularity remains very high. If you look at the surveys, it’s around 80 percent which is one of the highest, if not the highest, for world leaders. One thing is also that in many ways the opposition has actually collapsed. Congress has not been able to recover after two consecutive disappointing performances, first in 2014 and then in 2019.
Congress became a family party
Dhume said that historically India has long been a country in which there has been only one powerful national party. If you look at the 60s, 70s, 80s, it was dominated by the Congress party and now it is dominated by the BJP, not to the extent that it was once dominated by the Congress. He said, “The main opposition party in India, Congress, has not been able to make any system to prepare its successor leadership, as successful political parties around the world have done. In America, whether it is Labor Party or Conservative Party or Democratic Party. When you lose elections you usually get new leadership,” Dhume said, but Congress does not know how to do this because it has become a family-run party. (Language)
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