The BJP’s struggle to tackle the Congress on economic policies continues. When Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi was anointed as the chief election campaigner of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) last month, the move was expected to help India’s principal opposition party frame a clear and coherent message ahead of the 2014 general elections. Events over the past few weeks seem to belie such expectations, raising disturbing questions about the BJP’s trajectory and the nature of the political debate in the country.
To be sure, the BJP seemed to have started on the right note after recovering from the initial resignation theatrics of senior party veteran L.K. Advani. Modi and BJP president Rajnath Singh seemed keen to project an alternative agenda of “effective governance” to capitalize on the failures of the ruling Congress party-led government.
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