Elections to the 17th Lok Sabha are under way. The election process is spread over two months, from the Election Commission’s announcement of the elections to the coming into being of the 17th Lok Sabha. It is important at this juncture to take stock of the impact of the Modi-led BJP government’s policies on the people and the economy of India.
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Singur to Kolkata, a route that shows only 52 kms in map, but anyone who keeps track of Bengal politics will tell you that it is a longer road – one that led Mamata Banerjee to the helms of power after decades of destructive attempts.
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However, four years down the lane, the Prime Minister and the ruling BJP which were beneficiaries of the support of the farmers and the rural poor are today at the receiving end of massive protests and farm unrest. For the first time the agrarian crisis and farm unrest is catching the attention of the media and the intelligentsia as well as the middle classes.
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