Modi 2.0 update

Modi Ji continues to impress us with his new ideas, idioms, mnemonics and politics. He is a man of vision and action. In a short span of three years, who has undertaken major reforms like Swachha Bharat, Demonetization and Goods and services tax. All of them were very desirable initiatives having a lot of popular appeal. Possibly, this is the reason for his rating of credibility in the nation. After steamrolling the opposition in UP, he is all set to get a majority in Rajya Sabha in time to come. This will certainly make him the most powerful leader since the time of Indira Gandhi.

But a moot question which we need to raise is whether any of his efforts really yielding any result? 

Recently Supreme court remarked that holy Ganga has become a drain for wastage of money. Nearly 12000 crores are being spent but not even a drop of Ganga has got cleaned? Similarly, a large share of the money was wasted on the entire drama of demonetization but no accounting is done on the results. Nearly 65 people died standing in the queue but the nation does not know how much amount of black money is filtered in the system.   Kashmir is burning like hell. All the goodwill progress of last 20 years seems to be undone in first 20 months of the government. Same is the story of GST. The business community is so ill-informed and scared of the move that market has taken a serious dip since the launch of GST.

But Modi Ji is still able to sustain his development and change propaganda and bhakts are singing paeans of his vision at a louder voice, shriller than before. His argument is these are short-term pain for long-term gain. This is true because all these changes are just a matter of time. As a fact, the country can never be fully prepared to deal with these changes. Sooner or later, whichever government is in power, measures like tax reforms and cleanliness awareness campaign are necessary pills for the nation's development. But as a responsible leader, one can not overlook the negative aspects of such initiatives. 

In a country, where a large segment of the population lives on the fringe, such path breaking radical changes runs the risk of massive unemployment and social-economic churning.   In such scenario, execution becomes the weakest link of the governance. For example, Swacha Bharat failed because there was no proper execution. It is difficult to find a public loo or a dustbin in most of the crowded public places. This is sad. One is forced to turn his pocket or bag as a dustbin to keep India clean. Schemes like start-up India, and other missions are also falling apart. 

Modi Ji would better serve the country if he looks into the behavioral and usability aspect of policy making and policy execution. Changing policy and laws is the easier part of the government. The real problem lies in changing the attitude of people. The media of the day is generous to him but history never forgives the failure. This is high time to act for him. The choice is his. Either he can be Allauddin Khilji of post modern India or he could be remembered as Muhammad Bin Tughlaq of 21st century.