If Modi becomes PM again, it will have a lot to do with Congress misjudging the national mood | The Indian Express

If Modi becomes PM again, it will have a lot to do with Congress misjudging the national mood | The Indian Express

Written by Tavleen Singh |Updated: May 12, 2019 10:39:22 am

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If Modi becomes PM again, it will have a lot to do with Congress misjudging the national mood

There was a time when the Gandhis could win elections on their vaunted charisma. That time has gone.

The Congress party has never explained why the best friends of Rajiv and his wife, Mr and Mrs Quattrocchi, were bribed in this deal. (PTI)

If Rajiv Gandhi has become an issue in this election, his son is to blame. For months he has gleefully yelled ‘Chowkidar chor hai’ without proof. It is a bad idea to charge someone with being a thief without providing evidence, and much worse if the man charged is the Prime Minister. Rahul Gandhi’s reasons for believing that more than half the money of the total contract to buy Rafale fighter aircraft was ‘put in the pocket of Anil Ambani’ are flimsy. When reporters from this newspaper pressed him for details and proof in an interview last week, he had no answer.