Growth matters

One may argue, ad infinitum, the desirability of the particular tint of saffron that Narendra Modi has suffused his brand of politics with. But in the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) third successive victory in the Gujarat assembly elections under his leadership, there is ample proof that growth and development matter, and people do reward governments seen to deliver on these fronts. Between 2002-03 and 2010-11 – roughly coinciding with Modi’s tenure as Chief Minister (CM) – Gujarat’s economy grew by an average 10.4 per cent a year, as against 7.9 per cent for India as a whole.

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