Thread by @MD_Nalapat

The influence of P Chidambaram is still very strong in the government in the financial portfolios because most of the senior civil servants are Chidambaram loyalists.

In fact, there was no new thinking at all from 2014.

m.rediff.com/amp/business/i…

The government is in denial even today about the negative effects of demonetisation. Otherwise, how did the two bureaucrats who pushed the most for demonetisation become the finance secretary and finance commission member?

If the stockmarket is destabilised, the BJP is finished; the party will lose in every town.

And if the stockmarket crash happens just before the 2019 elections, the BJP will not cross the 150 mark in 2019.

Otherwise, as of now, the BJP may get 210, according to me.

Most of the key people in the Modi government are Lutyens zone people.

They are so dominant in creating Indian policies. Modi and Co have gone into coexistence with Lutyens.

This is a Lutyen zone government and as long as it is that way, the country will not make any progress..

Modi had a great opportunity, but I am sorry to say he is on track to losing it.

The bus is still there, but Modi will have to run, run really fast, to catch it.

Nobody believes anything a government says in its last year.

The time for reform was the first year. Now, it is too late for anything.

I will say as of now, the BJP is on track to lose the election unless a complete change of situation takes place.