Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a promising commitment claiming that India would secure its position among the world's top three economies in his third term.
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A leader faces a credibility challenge long before he begins to face a leadership challenge. Cracks in credibility are the first signs of danger suggesting that, unless filled, they can cause cracks in the edifice of leadership.
Here, we should discount questions coming from die-hard opponents. They will always question the man in power. Those in the neutral category questioning his credibility cannot, of course, be ignored because fence-sitters can someday break the fence and march in a direction uncomfortable to the leader.
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But the fence-sitters’ unease is not harmful in the initial stages that is, as long as they are still perched on the fence. It is when the faithful begin to show disappointment and discord that credibility, a leader’s protective armour, begins to fracture. And when this shield develops chinks, even invisible ones, it will become less effective in repulsing blows coming from the opposition