In the column, “An absence of judgement” (May 13), the author, Mihir S Sharma, does not seem to be appreciative at all of the three-year performance of the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government at the Centre.
Sharma opposes the government’s move to demonetise high-value notes and says that it was not a great idea, despite the favourable electoral verdict for the BJP in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections soon thereafter. Sharma goes on to remark that “as the Modi government has consolidated its power, bad or indifferent policymaking is becoming viewed as acceptable precisely because there is
Sharma opposes the government’s move to demonetise high-value notes and says that it was not a great idea, despite the favourable electoral verdict for the BJP in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections soon thereafter. Sharma goes on to remark that “as the Modi government has consolidated its power, bad or indifferent policymaking is becoming viewed as acceptable precisely because there is