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PalakNandi,TNN|Jan24,2015,04.12AMIST

JAIPUR:FormerUnionministerShashiTharoor'sstatements
praisingPrimeMinisterNarendraModihaverakedup
controversiesinthepastbutonFriday,heattemptedabalancing
actcriticizingModi's"silence"overcontentiousremarksmadeby
hisministerswhilealsosayingModihadintroduced"thepolitics
ofperformance".
TharoorsaidthisduringadiscussionwithMihirSharma,author
of'Restart:TheLastChancefortheIndianEconomy'inasession
namedafterTharoor'slatestbook'IndiaShastra'attheJaipur
LiteratureFestival.Thetwoauthorsdiscussedgovernanceand
development,bothdrawingtheconclusionthatalotneededto
bedoneandthatthenextbudgetwouldbealitmustestforthe
Modigovernment.

"ThoughModihasbroughtinashifttopoliticsof
performancefromthepoliticsofidentity,hehasa
longwaytogointermsofdeliveringwhathe
promisedinhisspeeches,"ShashiTharoor
added.

"Itwouldbeinterestingtoseewhatthey(NDA)comeupwith.Hopefully,thebudgetwouldbea
gamechangingoneandnotanamechangingonelikethelastoneturnedouttobe,"said
Tharoor.
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"ThoughModihasbroughtinashifttopoliticsofperformancefromthepoliticsofidentity,he
hasalongwaytogointermsofdeliveringwhathepromisedinhisspeeches,"theformerminister
added.
"Modimightwantreformsbuthehastolearntodealwithfundamentalcontradictions.Hebetter
realisethathisministersdonotunderstandthereformshewantstobring.Rather,theyare
pushingtheseawaybytheircontroversialstatements,"saidTharoor,addingthatModihasto
showhisdisapprovalandnotremainsilentlikehehaschosentobe.
"HisrisetoofficehasempoweredthekhakishortswearingculturalorganisationoftheRSS,
whoseviewsoneverysubject,beiteconomics,politics,history,culture,morality,genderreality
andevenmatterofdressingandconductaretotallyilliberal,"hesaid,whilecommentingon
saffronbrigade'ssocalled'gharwapsi'programmeand'lovejihad'.
TharoorhadupsethispartywhenhehadsupportedModi's"SwachhBharat"campaign,but
whiletalkingabouttheinitiativehehadsaid"suchcampaignsshouldn'tmerelybecomephoto
opportunities".HewaspulledupbytheCongressleadershipforpraisingModi'sUNspeechin
Octoberlastyear.
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