One Year, Five U-Turns: How Modi 3.0 Was Forced to Bend to Coalition Pulls & Opposition Pressures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3UYQryQxCo The Wire Jun 10, 2025 #thewire #waqfbill #castecensus
From the caste census to soliciting opposition support in sending diplomatic missions abroad, in contrast to his first two terms as prime minister, the first year of Modi’s third term has been marked with reversals
http://thewire.in/government/one-year-five-u-turns-modi-3-0-list-opposition-coalition-pressure Whether it is the announcement of providing caste enumeration data along with the next decadal census, soliciting opposition support in its global diplomatic outreach following Operation Sindoor, calling for reservations in lateral entry hires for Union government posts, bringing in the Unified Pension Scheme by reversing a 21-year-old pension reform decision brought by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, or its moves in parliament where it was forced to send key legislations like the Waqf amendment to a parliamentary committee – the last year shows how the third Modi government has had to operate under the demands of a coalition government as well as under the pressure of a stronger opposition.