Economic Issues At Centre Stage

Though Chief Minister Narendra Modi and the Sangh Parivar seem determined to take the election campaign to a fevered pitch by raking up emotional issues, economic issues are at the centre-stage in the Assembly polls which, it is clear now, will redefine the future contours of Indian politics.

High-sounding rhetoric on the Godhra killings and its aftermath by the Sangh Parivar has failed to push to the background the issue of collapse of a series of co-operative banks.

If over one million depositors suffered because of the Madhavpura Mercantile Co-operative Bank