Given Modi is new to coalition politics and his allies are political bargainers, many questions about the future arise
The writer is an Islamabad-based TV journalist and policy commentator. Email him at [email protected]
They say there are two tragedies in life. Not to get your heart’s desire. And to get it. But what happens when you get what you want but only in a diminished quantity? When writing these lines, the following has transpired so far. On the evening of June 1, when you read my last piece, the Indian media released the eagerly awaited exit polls. All of them, and there are quite a few of those, showed the Modi government returning with a thumping majority. In fact, some of them seemed to fulfil Modi’s prophecy of ab ki bar, char sau par (this time, we will cross the four hundred milestone).
On June 4, vote counting began, and the BJP failed to meet the expectations.
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