Mainstream WeeklyNarendra Modi is famous for shifting goalposts. This may be construed as the sign of an astute and shrewd politician. But it is not the reality. During the last fortnight, in the midst of high-pitched electoral battle, Modi has frequently shifted the goalpost from arousing communal passion to vilifying the Muslims to enticing SC, ST by promising their sarkar.
His monkey flight from one agenda to another simply reinforces the fact that Modi is running short of ideas, has lost touch with the (…)
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