But despite the massive mandate, the verdict on Modi\u2019s performance has been mixed.<\/p>\n
There have been some gains \u2013 more roads, rural works, cheap cooking gas for the poor, village toilets, a uniform sales tax, a promising health insurance scheme which could end up benefiting 500 million families, and a new bankruptcy and insolvency law.<\/p>\n
But the economy is underperforming. India\u2019s farms, where most of its people work, are beset by a crisis of low crop prices. Unemployment is rising, and a controversial currency ban ended up hurting the poor.<\/p>\n
Socially, the BJP\u2019s strident Hindu nationalism has left the country polarised and minorities nervous. India is in the grip of a fake-news epidemic, partly due to cheap phones and data. Some dissenters have been labelled as \u201canti-nationals\u201d and thrown into prison.<\/p>\n
Modi now faces another crucial general election….<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n India’s election campaign has been brutal and bruising. And it will prove whether the power of Modi can endure https:\/\/t.co\/AtkLl2tBNY<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 BBC World Service (@bbcworldservice) April 11, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n