Mainstream WeeklyJanuary 6, 2025
The year 2025 has begun. It is appropriate to examine the challenges before the NDA Government and the Opposition.
It must be stated at the very outset that though the BJP failed to secure a majority on its own and had to depend on the allies, specially the TDP and the JD(U), to form the government, in reality, it is clear that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is conducting himself as though he is heading a single party/ BJP government. The symptoms of that emerged in the first few days itself as he retained the same persons in the key ministries of Finance, Defence and Foreign Affairs. The key allies