New Delhi : Congress MP Mani Shankar Aiyar sees Narendra Modi more as an EM, or events manager, than a PM and says the best thing about the one year of his government is that “there are only four years left” and the countdown to the end of his ‘achhe din’ has begun.
“Since the NDA government assumed power, there has been dissatisfaction among people, particularly farmers,” he says.
He claims that every indicator of economic growth is either staggering or falling.
“The only aspect of the Indian economy that has risen is the Sensex.
“Every indicator is either staggering or falling except where international conditions have been exceptionally helpful like declining trend in oil prices and revival in the global economy,” Aiyar said.
Aiyar’s new book, ‘Achhe Din? Ha! Ha!!’, a collection of his articles on various topics, including the government’s performance and the Congress, will be released this week by Palimpsest.
In the foreword, he writes, “I believe his (Modi’s) penchant for self-praise and self-publicity will rebound on him. People will start asking whether this is a PM or an EM — an events manager.”
