By: Karan Thapar Published in: *The Wire* Date: June 6, 2024 Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNnAQbv7FJg
"In an interview to discuss the election results the economist, author and political commentator, Parakala Prabhakar, who is also Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s husband, has said the results 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.' Describing Narendra Modi as 'a baahubali [strong-armed] kind of person', Dr. Parakala said: '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.' The results are 'a very clear, very tight slap on PM's face'; the new government may not survive (a) vote of confidence: Finance Minister's husband, Economist and Author, Parakala Prabhakar. In a 30-minute interview to Karan Thapar for The Wire, Dr. 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."
