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Has Modi fatigue set in?

Desperate times need desperate actions, and the BJP's only option is to enforce legislation to build a Ram mandir

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives to pay tribute to Bhimrao Ambedkar on the occasion of ‘Mahaparinirvan Diwas' as Congress President Rahul Gandhi looks on, at Parliament House Lawns in New Delhi. (photo: PTI)

Sunil Sethi
The gist of a famous Shakespeare quote is: When woes come, they don’t come singly, they come in battalions. 

It hasn’t been the brightest week for Narendra Modi, all-powerful prime minister and the BJP’s pre-eminent lodestar. It began badly with Reserve Bank of India Governor Urjit Patel abruptly quitting his job, like an uncomfortable dinner guest walking out without so much as a thank you nod to the host. It ended far worse with the election results and the BJP’s clear erosion of power in the Hindi heartland.

I happened to be at the local butcher’s as the news trickled in. Eyes
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