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Like Bapu Nadkarni, Modi govt is doing what the situation demands

Given its constraints - virus, China and FRBM - it is doing all the right things, that too in the right sequence

Narendra Modi
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Prime Minister, Narendra Modi addressing at the inauguration of the Patrika Gate in Jaipur, through video conferencing in New Delhi on Tuesday.

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Those who watched cricket in the first half of the 1960s will remember Bapu Nadkarni. He was a devastatingly accurate bowler who once bowled 29 overs, 26 maidens for no wickets — and three runs. 

He was roundly criticised by the British press. How unsportsmanlike, they said, to bowl so accurately. 

This Modi government reminds me of that. Given its constraints — virus, China and FRBM — it is doing all the right things, that too in the right sequence. 

Yet many people are being highly critical because they have not taken all factors into account. They should calm down, at least till
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