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Ideology, leaders and leadership

The problem is the usual one: Good political leaders don't always provide good leadership in government

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh. Photo: PTI
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Former prime minister Manmohan Singh. Photo: PTI

T C A Srinivasa-Raghavan

 
All of a sudden, there is a growing sense that Narendra Modi is failing. People are starting to believe the Opposition’s charges and disbelieve the government’s claims. 

There are many reasons for this but I think the main one is that though Mr Modi is a truly great political leader, his leadership in governance has been quite poor. And bad policy is not the only problem. 

A bigger problem for him is that there is now a question mark on his leadership as a prime minister. People who had supported him are beginning to ask if he
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