Yo are right, he was talking to a group of business leaders, but the sentiment of India since Modi came to power has been like: "Move over, China, It is India's show time". You guys are just too quick to jump on the bandwagon. How many articles we have seen either in India's media or here? you people are literately celebrating China's low down.
Yes some of us are. Not me. China's rise is ultimately a good thing for India. The more you have to lose, the less likely you are to risk it in a conflict.
You are a diehard fan of Modi, and I hope he doesn't disappoint you with his Q2 score card. But from my personal point of view, in a democratic country, one should not unconditionally put his faith on one particular leader. It is the system that matters.
Not diehard fan. You just have to be quite persistent to expose my criticisms of him (which I have a sizeable amount of). But targetting the overall macroeconomic policy and reform direction and cherrypicking quotes is not going to accomplish that.
Also doesnt change that no other leader in India comes close in both proven track record and real desire to change the underlying problems.
I know if the Q2 growth rate is indeed in line with the expectation, you would credit Modi for the achievement, what you would do in case the Q2 results are disappointing? Will you blame the Congress again?
Q2 results being good or bad does not mean all that much to me. Modi is a supply sider with some key long term goals.
The numbers of interest will be his entire term's average growth rate and improvement in social parameters....especially vocational education...."skilling" as he calls it.
You people have elected the Congress for the good part of years after independence, so ultimately, it is the people who should be responsible for whatever India is today.
"You people"? I certainly didn't vote for them, but I accept the Indian people did....including my family elders.
We like to criticize congress a lot, but the fact of the matter is that they did manage to accomplish quite a lot given the status of India before it gained independence and the development of things we take for granted today. For example there were real predictions that India would break apart.....several western think tanks and analysts kept predicting it....yet it never happened and we ended up breaking apart our no. 1 enemy instead.
When you think what could have been....yes one side can be the dream vision of the perfect development....but the other side is also one where India does not even exist today and/or is a complete basket case.
When you grew slow, your political leaders told you "slow and steady wins the race"; when you grow a little faster, the same people would tell you "we are not longer satisfied with 8-9% growth, double digit should be the norm". Have you ever doubt this kind of mentality?
Modi and BJP will never say that "slow and steady" wins the race....thats an old Congress line...and even they have abandoned it. He knows the growth rates that Gujarat achieved under him....he never justified any quarters that were slow as a positive thing....but rather analysed what the mistakes were and what the improvements could be and corrected them....one by one.
He plans the same for India as a whole. It will take some time given the inertia of what he has inherited.
By the way, how is "Clean India" movement going along?
It is in the nascent stages still and gathering momentum. Problems and challenges are coming up already and they will have to be addressed.....just like they were in Gujarat. Again we will have to give it at least another year or two to see the results.....because even data collection and statistics compilation has a certain lag time.
Again, best wishes for your people.
Thanks and same to yours.
You people have elected the Congress for the good part of years after independence, so ultimately, it is the people who should be responsible for whatever India is today.
