I do not fully agree with the writer that Prime Minister Narendra Modi is losing his popularity in Uttar Pradesh and that the BJP may not be in a position to win the 2017 Assembly elections (“ >The burden of high expectations ”, May 6). When the State has two full years to go before the Assembly polls, how can one assess the mood of the public at that time? It has been proved many a time that issues on hand in the run-up to an election are those that will have a bearing on voting patterns. And when memory is so short in India, how can the writer forecast public opinion in 2017 today?
Divya Punugoti,
Hyderabad
The writer’s assessment of “voter disenchantment” with the BJP is not confined to Uttar Pradesh alone; it’s there in most parts of the country.
It was only by virtue of the State’s electoral significance that the people of the State were given liberal promises by the BJP, more so by Mr. Modi, which resulted in him riding the crest of a popularity wave. Nearly a year after that huge victory, voters are clearly becoming disenchanted as there is very little to show on the ground. People still have to face the same old issues of agrarian crisis, unemployment, price rise and an insensitive administration.
J. Anantha Padmanabhan,
Tiruchi
