The problem is not so much the worry as the fact that Modi ji, his Govt., and his apologists, are living in denial for the last 3 years on most problems.

The economy is tanking, foreign policy is a flop show, Kashmir is a headache, economic strategy after RCEP fiasco is a mess.
Even more worrying than Modi ji’s living in denial is the fact that instead of admitting to error, Modi ji prefers to double down on his mistakes to prove there was no error.

See his track record.
After the blunder of demonetisation, instead of giving the economy a chance to recover, he doubled down on his blunder with a hasty implementation of GST that further shocked the economy & derailed businesses.
Kashmir steadily went from bad to worse over 5 years. Every time there was a blunder, Modi ji doubled down with empty slogans like “all out effort”, introduction of NSG etc. Then of course an abrogation of 370 with no exit plan in sight.
The total misread off Trump ji who literally played Modi ji for a chump, was followed up with Mamallapuram with Xi. Eager for any triumph, Modi ji flew into a 15 nation summit and failed to sign a deal despite having met Xi only a few weeks before. Obviously Xi shafted him.
Every major error is followed by ?Modi ji with something even more dramatic in an effort to wipe out the ignominy of the first.

I dread to think of what is coming next. On the economy. On trade. Om Kashmir.

Living in denial & doubling on wrong bets is a gambler’s trait.
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