Did the landslide win of the Modi-led NDA government surprise you? Someone once told me that the best time to understand Indian elections is after the results have been counted. In all my election trips, (this was the 28th election trip), I do not think I have ever been this surprised. By surprise I mean, most of us sort of knew that Modi was coming back as prime minister but the conventional wisdom was that he would fall somewhat short of the number in terms of he would get. Even when you and I had a conversation a week or so ago about this before the Exit Polls came out, we thought that he would be a few seats short and discussed who could be the allies that he would need.
Keyword: Democracy, Global trend, Economic growth, Development, Cabinet
Ruchir Sharma*