Letters: Modi's idea of India

This refers to the editorial "What Mr Modi didn't say" (January 21). The Gujarat chief minister laid out his idea of India, as well as the vision he has for the country's development. The editorial has pointed out all these aspects but also mentioned that Narendra Modi should have spoken explicitly about the ways to rejuvenate industry and on the issue of private-public partnerships. The strategies pertaining to economic revival and rejuvenation cannot be spelt out in advance, that too in explicit and categorical terms, in case political adversaries take advantage. Just because he did not speak about the action plan, does not mean that he doesn't have a fair idea of how to go about it.

When Modi says that he intends to rejuvenate the economy, we need to believe him because he has performed and achieved this in Gujarat. It is enough to test one or two grains of rice, to find out whether it is fully boiled or not.

Ramachandra Gowda Bangalore

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