The second victory has now established the BJP as the governing party of the 21st century | The Indian Express

The second victory has now established the BJP as the governing party of the 21st century | The Indian Express

Written by Meghnad Desai |Updated: August 11, 2019 7:43:37 am

Meghnad Desai loves to cook, watch and write about old Bollywood movies and shuttles between London, Delhi and Goa. He pursues controversies on economics, history and anything else which catches his attention. He is also a British parliamentarian sitting in the House of Lords. He has written over 25 books, over 200 articles in learned journals and hundreds of newspaper columns in UK and India.

The second victory has now established the BJP as the governing party of the 21st century

Narendra Modi and Amit Shah have cut the Gordian knot of the Kashmir problem. They have removed Article 370 which was still in the chapter on transitory measures in the Constitution since its introduction way back.

The first victory of Narendra Modi was treated by the Old Guard as an anomaly. But the second victory has now established the BJP as the governing party of the 21st century. (PTI)

Modi 1.0 was all about economics. Toilets were built, rural areas electrified, houses provided. Bank accounts and digitisation introduced, roads and canals built, ports modernised. Modi 2.0 is all about politics. Narendra Modi wants to reconstruct a new India Post Nehru Gandhi Era. Hence, the removal of Article 370.