Modi-Shah regime not same as Manmohan's UPA-II

If the Singh government was characterised by policy paralysis, this one is afflicted by hyper-activism, sans a road­map

Is NDA-II heading the same way as UPA-II? The latest Mood of the Na­tion (MOTN) survey findings published by India Today invite us to think of this te­mp­ting, but false, equivalence. As a na­tion-wide popular movement co­nfronts the Narendra Modi-led BJP government floundering in its second term, it is natural to think of the disastrous term of the UPA-II under Manmohan Singh, especially after the anti-corruption movement. It is a misleading comparison though.

India Today’s six-monthly ‘Mood of the Nation’ poll is the oldest data series of its kind in India. (The other, the one I prefer, CSDS-Lokniti on State of