Will the setback to Hindutva politics force Modi 3.0 to rethink economic policies?
Even though pressure mounts on the new government to address economic concerns, entrenched political objectives may hinder substantial policy shifts.
C. P. Chandrasekhar is currently Professor at the Centre for Economic Studies and Planning, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He has published widely in academic journals and is the co-author of Crisis as Conquest: Learning from East Asia (Orient Longman), The Market that Failed: Neo-Liberal Economic Reforms in India (Leftword Books) and Promoting ICT for Human Development: India (Elsevier).