PM Modi still weaving 'achhe din' promises despite mounting challenges

Despite its fitful performance on the economy, the BJP remains robustly Hindu nationalist

Narendra Modi swept India’s 2014 general election with the slogan “Achhe din (good days) are coming”.

Four years later, as Prime Minister Modi mobilizes to win re-election in May, he and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are being buffeted for a lack of jobs, falling farm prices and rural wages, a tax reform that led to unemployment and a demonetization exercise that sapped liquidity.

Despite high economic growth, the fall of the rupee currency to record lows this year has led to a surge in prices of largely imported fuel, which is feeding into inflation. Nationwide protests have broken out because of