Modi & 'jai jawan, jai kisan' trap

Modi govt will need to address massive challenges without the total power it got used to, in the face of relentless electoral challenges, one after another

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s third term is well under way. He knows better than any other that this term is fundamentally different from the first two, sort of sui generis.

His political training and experience haven’t prepared him to run an arrangement like this. The lack of a majority isn’t the issue. He has enough in 240, especially as none of his allies can pull down his coalition. That’s why he’s started as if this were just another, normal term. That pretence is vital for him.
 

The change for Modi 3.0 comes not from numbers, but from the