Emotive national security issues being raked up in face of failures on development | The Indian Express

Emotive national security issues being raked up in face of failures on development | The Indian Express

Written by Kapil Sibal |Updated: May 3, 2019 10:03:28 am

The writer, a senior Congress leader, is a former Union minister.

Emotive national security issues being raked up in face of failures on development

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s thematic refrain is to use India’s alleged muscular response in Balakot for electoral gains. The reasons, including the attendant intelligence failure, for the tragic death of over 40 CRPF jawans at Pulwama can await electoral outcomes.

Varanasi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP National President Amit Shah look at a mobile phone as they share a light moment before PM’s nomination filing ahead of the 2019 general elections, at collector’s office in Varanasi, Friday, April 26, 2019. (PTI Photo/Manvender Vashist)

The 2019 Lok Sabha election is bereft of basic issues faced by the common man. The nature of political discourse engineered by the BJP has been given credibility by some key players in the electronic media.