No quick-fix for leadership change in government

Prime Minister Modi remains unassailable either from within the BJP or outside it, even though today his popularity may have taken a beating.

It is unrealistic to think that a trending hashtag #Resign Modi would actually lead to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ouster. While social media may have helped his rise to power, it will certainly not pressure him to quit.

Criticism of the government’s inept handling of the pandemic’s second wave has come from both national and international media. Surprisingly, critical articles have also been written by analysts from corporate sponsored and right-wing think tanks. Only a year ago it would have been unthinkable that they would accuse the government of “hubris”, that leaders “wilfully led their people into disaster” or that