How to use the mandate | The Indian Express

How to use the mandate | The Indian Express

Written by Neelkanth Mishra |Updated: May 31, 2019 2:05:12 am

The writer is co-head of Asia Pacific Strategy and India Strategist for Credit Suisse.

How to use the mandate

New government should utilise its enormous political capital to introduce economic reforms

Even as political scientists bemoan the rising concentration of power, hopes have picked up again of a radical reorganisation of the economy that improves the “collective good”. (REUTERS/Adnan Abidi)

Hundreds of millions of people rarely agree on who should make decisions on their behalf. The BJP now has an overwhelming majority in the Lok Sabha, and has possibly a good chance of crossing the halfway mark in the Rajya Sabha by next year as well with allies. Even as political scientists bemoan the rising concentration of power, hopes have picked up again of a radical reorganisation of the economy that improves the “collective good”.