Economist Parakala Prabhakar said the challenge facing the Prime Minister is a simple but monumental one: “Can old Mr. Modi become new Mr. Modi?” When asked if this is possible, Parakala, in turn, asked a question, have you ever heard of a wolf in sheep’s clothing actually imagining himself to be a sheep? Parakala said “Modi has always been a wolf in wolf’s clothing”.
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The results of the Lok Sabha Election 2024 are “a very clear and a very tight slap on the face of the Prime Minister and his Party and his way of doing things.” This was stated by economist, author and political commentator, Parakala Prabhakar, who is also Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s husband in an interview given to Karan Thapar for The Wire.
Discussing the election results, the economist described Narendra Modi as “a baahubali kind of person” and added, “The people of India have said very clearly they did not like what Narendra Modi was doing, his agenda and the way he ran the government and conducted the campaign.”
In the 30-minute interview, Parakala said he is not at all sure how long the new Narendra Modi government will last. To begin with, he questioned whether it will even be formed and then, if it is, he questioned whether it will survive a vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha. If it does he said there is a very high possibility that in the next few months the Prime Minister may be changed, either under pressure from his own Party or the RSS or NDA allies. And there is even the possibility that Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar could walk out, said Parakala.
In the interview, Parakala Prabhakar said the challenge facing the Prime Minister is a simple but monumental one: “Can old Mr. Modi become new Mr. Modi?” When asked if this is possible, Parakala, in turn, asked a question, have you ever heard of a wolf in sheep’s clothing actually imagining himself to be a sheep? Parakala said “Modi has always been a wolf in wolf’s clothing”. This analogy was his way of explaining that he does not believe Modi is capable of a comprehensive makeover of his style of political functioning, character and personality, added the press release issued by Karan Thapar for The Wire.
Parakala was perhaps the first analyst to predict that Narendra Modi would lead his Party to its worst election results in 10 years and lose its Lok Sabha majority.
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE INTERVIEW: https://youtu.be/MNnAQbv7FJg?si=41PUK1C4_7zBBpJL