Originally posted by: McGorgeous
I remember from my trip for Kumbh in early February, I thought plastering Modi's face around was quite ridiculous and vain. But the auto-walas and street vendors and local police, would unforced talk about how much Modi has done for them in terms of infrastructural and social development. Things that I take for granted, they had just started recieving. That is why I think Modi got this wave. Not because of economics or politics, because of what tangible things he has given to the masses.
This was one essential thing everyone is forgetting.even shekhar gupta worte about it ,how it benefited nda
Toilets are often short of water, many LPG recipients can’t afford refills and Mudra loans haven’t always created employment. But, across the country, you can see that these have reached people. As have the first instalments of the farmers’ direct benefit subsidy. For the really poor and far-out, this is a big change. So much that is visible and tangible has reached their hands, mostly without having to pay bribes. ThePrint’s Remya Nair and Manasi Phadke reportedrecently that 4.81 crore people had received Mudra loans totalling Rs 2.4 lakh crore. These schemes have touched far too many people in quick time to not matter to them
The Modi government has a much better record in building hard infrastructure — highways, ports, metros, bridges, other urban infrastructure — than UPA-2, and it is visible to the naked eye.
The most visible case study is the big infrastructure projects in Mumbai. The north-south metro, trans-harbour link, Navi Mumbai Airport and the coastal road were all planned by the UPA. All were denied one clearance or the other and blocked. Sad were the big, landmark bridges across the country, especially Assam. The BJP simply blew away the cobwebs, picked up the baton, and ran. This is working for it
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