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Shourie slams Modi: 10 things he said IndiaToday.in New Delhi, May 1, 2015 | UPDATED 10:13 IST In an exclusive interview with Headlines Today's Karan Thapar on the first anniversary of BJP-led NDA government on Friday, Arun Shourie, one of the most influential BJP ideologues during the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for poor handling of the Indian economy and turning a blind eye to the attacks on minorities by the right-wing groups. SEE FULL VIDEO Here are the 10 things that Arun Shourie said about Modi government in the interview: Full text of Arun Shourie's interview 1) The government lacks clear thinking. The government has good ideas but poor in implementation. There is a big gap between perception and promise, and projection and performance. The government must become low profile. 2) Modi's economic policy is directionless. There is no big picture in economy policy. Modi's focus on the economy is like a CM. He should focus more on policy instead of projects. 3) Modi's foreign policy is a success but India has to follow up on the MoUs. Modi needs to execute policies quickly. China is a principal challenge for India. India's foreign policy is getting reoriented. Modi has to move much faster. Nobody is waiting for us. The US is already feeling impatient. Keeping Sushma Swaraj on the margins is wrong. 4) Lack of clarity in government on Pakistan. Need a steadier gaze towards Pakistan. 5) Investment has not picked up. The government can't ignore India inc warnings. The government needs to wake up. Investors still have hope but the industrial sector is waiting for concrete moves. The growth claims are only to make headlines and the government only wants to manage headlines. 6) Uncertainty exists over tax regime. Tax regime is confused. The government is alienating the investors. It is backtracking on tax decisions. 7) India needs labour reforms. There was no need for land bill controversy. Ordinances were ill-advised. They led to disruptions. BJP supported the previous Land Bill. Allies were not taken into confidence. Modi must embrace the opposition. No reform can take place without the oppositions' support. The opposition is ganging up against Modi and the BJP is frightening others. 8) Vacancies in critical posts are worrying. Don't know why the posts are not filled. Vital institutions are suffering. Institutions are being starved to death. Institutions are being devalued. 9) The government must respond to minority fears. Govt has failed on assuring minorities. No response to concern of minorities. Alienating minorities is dangerous. The Christians are rightfully upset. PM should speak out often. Modi must speak on critical issues. Modi silent on moral questions. 10) The monogrammed suit was inexplicable, a critical mistake. Don't understand why he wore it. II/III. http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/economic-policy-directionless-minorities-anxious-shourie-on-modi-government/99/ SATURDAY, MAY 02, 2015 Arun Shourie takes swipe at BJP government, says Modi, Jaitley, Shah have frightened allies and own group Arun Shourie hit out at the BJP government in an interview (Source: Express Photo) By: Express News Service | New Delhi | Updated: May 2, 2015 11:05 am Saying that he “liked” Prime Minister Narendra Modi and believed “he was the man today”, former disinvestment minister Arun Shourie Friday took a swipe at the Central government and the BJP, saying that today, they consist of only three people — Modi, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and party chief Amit Shah, who have “frightened not just the allies but their own group”. Shourie further said that “no corrective action” is taking place because even if these three take a wrong decision, they are also the “supreme court” who deliver the judgment on it. “I think, today the government of India and the party consists of three persons — Modi, Jaitley and Amit Shah… They work as a team. The three persons are not getting feedback from elsewhere. Secondly, they’ve frightened not just the allies but their own group — the extended party, etc,” Shourie said, talking to Karan Thapar on the show, To The Point, on Headlines Today. RELATED ‘Can’T Allow China To Dominate India’ Can't Allow China To Dominate India,We Need To Take Ourselves Seriously: Modi Manmohan Singh Is The 'Main Election Agent' Of Narendra Modi: Arun Shourie “Third problem is, as in all political parties, if I take a wrong decision and the consequences are terrible — let’s just say I get Kiran Bedi in… in Delhi, we lose. It’s regarded at that time as a master stroke of the master strategist and then you are slapped by the Delhi people — three seats out of 70. Who’s to now decide that some wrong decision was taken? The same three. So no corrective action takes place,” Shourie said. If that was a comment on the substance of the party, he also talked about the style. On whether wearing a suit with his name monogrammed on it was a lapse of judgement or a critical mistake by Modi, Shourie said, “Lapses of judgments can be very critical mistakes. I cannot understand which person would have gifted him that suit. I can never understand how he chose to accept that gift or wear it. The point is, you cannot take Gandhiji’s name and wear such a thing. So I don’t how it happened. And it was very good that he got rid of it very quickly.” See Arun Shourie videos from 2014 Idea Exchange [protected-iframe id=”522f1a5ff1c1c4ebcc977127431091e9-53855017-59127797″ info=”http://www.youtube.com/embed/f4xqbzxa248″ width=”100%” height=”427″ frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen=””] “I like him very much. I think he is the man today… the only person who can give us that leadership, but this kind of thing is incomprehensible,” he added. Asked about Modi’s silence on issues such as “love jihad” or delayed interventions on matters such as religious conversions, Shourie said, “If you are sending out tweets on Sania Mirza’s victory… and wishing somebody birthday. And then you don’t do it on such an important thing… churches or love-jihad, then draw an inference, which is not good.” “Either you are not speaking at all, then people don’t expect you to speak anything — like with Narasimha Rao… Vinoba Bhave. When Mr Modi’s government acts very quickly in Srinagar floods… or on Nepal, he provides that kind of leadership. But when on moral questions, he is seen as silent, then people wonder why he is not speaking,” he added. Slamming the government for being “satisfied because you are able to manage headlines”, Shourie said that when the “gap between projection and performance is so vast, people see only the distance… they don’t see the five good things you have done”. He suggested that the government should adopt a “lower profile”, “embrace others” and “seek their cooperation”. On Modi’s handling of the bureaucracy, Shourie said that while “some officers are certainly giving a very good account of themselves and are able to put in good work day and night”, the general feeling is that “ everything has to be sent to the PMO”. Shourie further said that while everybody is focussing on the number of seats this government has won, it was also important to focus on the fact that they “have come to Delhi with 31 per cent of the votes”. “If you, or those speaking on your behalf, push the two-thirds together then you are only one-third,” he said, adding that this had already started happening and the Delhi elections were an example. First Published on: May 1, 20159:46 pm III. http://www.firstpost.com/business/modi-only-bothered-about-grabbing-headlines-economic-policy-directionless-arun-shourie-2223096.html Modi only bothered about grabbing headlines, economic policy directionless: Arun Shourie May 1, 2015 21:37 IST New Delhi: Arun Shourie, a BJP minister in the Vajpayee Cabinet, on Friday hit out at the Narendra Modi government, saying its economic policy was "directionless" while the social climate was causing "great anxiety" among the minorities. Former Union minister in Vajpayee's cabinet Arun Shourie. Former Union minister in Vajpayee's cabinet Arun Shourie. The 73-year-old journalist-turned politician said the one-year rule of Modi was "good in parts", his transformation as prime minister was good in foreign policy, but the promised turnaround in economy has not happened. "The government seems to be more concerned with managing headlines than putting policies in place. The situation is like the many pieces of a jigsaw puzzle lying in a mess with no big picture in mind about how to put them together," he said in an exclusive interview with Headlines Today's Karan Thapar ahead of the first anniversary of the Modi government. Shourie, who is not active in BJP these days, said despite promises the fears of foreign investors on retrospective taxes and incentives for manufacturing have not materialised on the ground. "They (investors) require stability and predictability," he said, adding that the concern expressed by eminent banker Deepak Parekh on the situation on the ground should be seen as a "wake up call". Asked if the Modi government had done enough to put India on growth path, Shourie said that it was "all hyperbole". "Such claims are meant to grab headlines but lack substance," he said. He was also critical of handling of the tax issues which was keeping foreign investors away. "First it alienated them but now it has made them laugh. You come out as bullies." PTI -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
