From the Editor-in-Chief
India Today Editor-in-Chief Aroon Purie talks about five years of the Modi government and whether the incumbent PM deserves a second term or not.
by Aroon Purie
Apr 12, 2019
3 minutes
Each of the dozen general elections that I've witnessed since 1977 has had a major theme. If the 1980 general election, which saw the return of Indira Gandhi, gave us a factor called TINA (There is No Alternative), 2014 was all about TIMO (There is Only Modi). What will be the theme of India's 17th general election which began on April 11? It's hard to say. The political landscape has become more complicated over the years. Elections have become a mixture of local issues, governance, prime ministerial candidates and, of course, performance. We have seen governments
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