UP Elections 2017: PM Modi has his ears to the ground: Meenakshi Lekhi, BJP
In a chat with ET Now, Meenakshi Lekhi, BJP says that as far as Akali Dal and BJP combine in Punjab is concerned, we done three terms there so anti incumbency was obviously pretty much there.
If you look at Punjab, Goa, Manipur, it tells you PM Modi is not invincible.
Wherever you strategise and work on your resources you work in the losses also within that calculation and in that calculation Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Goa where the focus was on, Manipur whatever we get is our victory for the simple reason we did not exist in that state. Akali Dal and BJP combine in Punjab is concerned, we done three terms there so anti incumbency was obviously pretty much there.
PM Modi could have done a lot more than he actually did in the last two and half.
You see about two and a half three years is about to get over and within that much of time and given the kind of majority we have in the Rajya Sabha the kind of work which has gone in just now is unprecedented. Everything which the capitalists or the corporate sector wants is not also reform. Ultimately governance needs to have two factors; one is the economic growth must go on, the corruption must get out of the system and the subsidy etc meant for people in the targeted manner should be delivered and all that has happened whether it is Pahal or MNREGA or wherever you go they have been linked to Adhaar and they have been linked to people who genuinely need it. And if you do not call this reform where you are actually blocking the leakages then what else is reform. GST, one of the biggest tax reforms this country will ever see has happened in his time and will see the light of the day during this tenure. Apart from that, labour law and there has to be a balance, there cannot be a right approach and there cannot be a left approach there has to be balance of interest of both side because ultimate good for maximum number of people is what governance is all about. And please understand he is politician who has his ears to the ground, who understands what people want and end of the day the result has to be figured towards managing those people, not just opinions but giving succour to them and helping them.
Will the next two years and this really sets the tone and tenor not just for politics and a string of assembly elections that are coming up next but this also sets the tone and tenor for economic decisions.
This definitely will give the elbow room because we will have extra say in coming times in the Rajya Sabha and that will obviously affect the decision making. And so far as-- it cannot be a blind sale of national assets, he is very clear that benefit has to be accrued to the government so that welfare schemes can be strengthened. It has to be redistribution of resources and redistribution to the people who need it the most but resources have to strengthen the governance and through the government those resources have to be handled in a targeted manner and that is what has been his governance style, be in be in business for the sake of business but no improper methodology can be adopted that is also very clear.
If you look at Punjab, Goa, Manipur, it tells you PM Modi is not invincible.
Wherever you strategise and work on your resources you work in the losses also within that calculation and in that calculation Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Goa where the focus was on, Manipur whatever we get is our victory for the simple reason we did not exist in that state. Akali Dal and BJP combine in Punjab is concerned, we done three terms there so anti incumbency was obviously pretty much there.
PM Modi could have done a lot more than he actually did in the last two and half.
You see about two and a half three years is about to get over and within that much of time and given the kind of majority we have in the Rajya Sabha the kind of work which has gone in just now is unprecedented. Everything which the capitalists or the corporate sector wants is not also reform. Ultimately governance needs to have two factors; one is the economic growth must go on, the corruption must get out of the system and the subsidy etc meant for people in the targeted manner should be delivered and all that has happened whether it is Pahal or MNREGA or wherever you go they have been linked to Adhaar and they have been linked to people who genuinely need it. And if you do not call this reform where you are actually blocking the leakages then what else is reform. GST, one of the biggest tax reforms this country will ever see has happened in his time and will see the light of the day during this tenure. Apart from that, labour law and there has to be a balance, there cannot be a right approach and there cannot be a left approach there has to be balance of interest of both side because ultimate good for maximum number of people is what governance is all about. And please understand he is politician who has his ears to the ground, who understands what people want and end of the day the result has to be figured towards managing those people, not just opinions but giving succour to them and helping them.
Will the next two years and this really sets the tone and tenor not just for politics and a string of assembly elections that are coming up next but this also sets the tone and tenor for economic decisions.
This definitely will give the elbow room because we will have extra say in coming times in the Rajya Sabha and that will obviously affect the decision making. And so far as-- it cannot be a blind sale of national assets, he is very clear that benefit has to be accrued to the government so that welfare schemes can be strengthened. It has to be redistribution of resources and redistribution to the people who need it the most but resources have to strengthen the governance and through the government those resources have to be handled in a targeted manner and that is what has been his governance style, be in be in business for the sake of business but no improper methodology can be adopted that is also very clear.
