In Karnataka, the BJP tried everything – hijab, halal, removal of quota for Muslims – but failed. In the process, it has widened the north-south divide and made the latter even more suspicious of not only the BJP but all political parties to the north of the Vindhyas.
‘We Kant Back Down Now’ - A Case of Too Much Democracy! Too much, or too little?
So now we finally know why the Modi government has messed up the Farm Bills issue big time: it has advisors like Mr. Kant who no doubt firmly believe that a few more jackboots on peasant throats would have made them gladly swallow the legislation without any demur. And, for all we know, he s the one who is also advising our resident sage: We kant back down now!
Amitav Kant is one of the most powerful and influential policy makers in the present dispensation and his words cannot be wished away like those of Mr. Giriraj Singh. He has come a long way from his Kerala Tourism days, but posterity will always wonder what happened to him between the brilliant God s own country and the alarming India has too much democracy. He may just be his master s voice sending up a trial balloon or he may be making a down payment to insure a second extension of service.