Many 'so called' "intellectuals" and "Commentators" are taking Modi to task for non fulfillment of poll promises - mainly prosecuting the corrupt and bringing back the black money.
People need to understand that we have given a 5 year mandate to Modi. There is no compulsion on him to achieve everything in 6 months.
In my opinion, he has played his cards well. He has managed to get his team of bureaucrats in place, has allowed Congress appointed Bureaucrats to hang themselves ( a la Sujatha Singh), and are slowly easing out political appointees like the Congress Governors and leeches like Amartya Sen and Leela Samson.
Last time when Morarji Desai and Janata Party won a landslide victory against the Emergency tainted Indira Gandhi, they made the mistake of taking on Indira Gandhi, and foisting cases on her which boomeranged. She managed to play the victim to perfection and stormed back.
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was more of a consensus politician. He didn't have much against Sonia, as she was in the background throughout the Narasimha Rao rule. It was not in the nature of Vajpayee to be vindictive, and he probably didn't see Sonia a major threat.
Modi is not either, by nature. He has a history of finishing off his opponents, and he will do so, as time goes by.
His primary objective is to clear up the mess in Governance (mis-governance) of the past UPA Regime, and to put the Economy back on track. His strategic direction and leadership has ensured, we are moving in the right direction. This budget will be a trend setter. He has restored India's credibility in the Global stage, and has the country talking about how to take India forward. Dismantling the Planning Commission, making the Ministers and Bureaucrats work, and have won crucial elections in State after State (Delhi was an exception, which doesn't matter really, as it is nothing more than a glorified Municipality).
He cannot afford to antagonize the opposition too much by taking it head on, as he doesn't have a majority in the Rajya Sabha. It is why winning all those elections were a priority. Without Rajya Sabha in his control, he cannot get key bills passed. Going for a joint session at the drop of a hat is not an option. So he has to wait it out for 2-3 years, by which time he will have majority both in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha.
As a citizen, which would you prefer? Putting the corrupt behind the bars on priority, thus jeopardizing the development agenda, or make a small compromise now to push the development bills and take on the corrupt at a later stage? I would go for the latter any day. Country comes first, second and last.
It is only in India that we view businessmen with tinted glasses. If the businessmen don't invest, then there wont be any development, and who suffers? The Common Man. Even during the Congress or Communist regimes, businessmen had a field day, but they fattened their pockets through crony capitalism, and hardly brought any development. The classic case is that of the Coal Block allocation under UPA. Businessmen close to the Regime got the coal allocated, but they sat on it, without exploiting the resources to produce more power, so essential for a power deficient country. Under Modi, we will definitely see Businessmen will get a level playing field, and even some benefits, but will assure the projects take off.
I, personally, would like to see some out of the box initiatives in both Education (across the spectrum) and in Public Health Care. These two will go a long way in helping the poor more than anything else.
