Undoubtedly, the Modi effect has diluted as compared to what it was back in 2014. The attractive promises on the basis of which Modi won 2014 elections are now not even mentioned by Modi and BJP themselves.
The Indian youth had a great role in bringing Narendra Modi to power in 2014. The Prime Minister promised to provide around 2 crore jobs to the unemployed annually. The foreign investment in the private sector was also supposed to boost up the employment rate in the country. Now how many of these promises actually got fulfilled, is a tale which needs no retelling.
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In some cases, the contrary happened as well. The unplanned and rushed over GST and demonetization snatched the jobs of many. And instead of foreign investment coming in, many already set up enterprises got shut down.
Now we know that the Modi Bhakts are inspired by his ideology and his big speeches. Even that failed this time. He couldn’t even deliver on the promise of the construction of Ram Mandir. And adding the state of Article 370 to the list, we can clearly see that the present government failed to move beyond big speeches and announcements.
So he is now trying to win votes on the anti-Pakistan sentiment with which Indian are brimming post-Pulwama Attack. That’s some of the few last resorts that have left with Modi.