Modi 3.0: Six decades later, PM on the verge of scripting history

New Delhi: Narendra Modi appears set to be sworn in as India’s Prime Minister for the third consecutive term on Saturday, a feat achieved by only Jawaharlal Nehru before him in 1962, and despite his Bharatiya Janata Party not securing a majority on its own — the larger National Democratic Alliance is comfortably over the halfway mark, though -- in elections to the 18th Lok Sabha, BJP leaders termed the feat “historic”. Party leaders also maintained that the commentariat’s assertion that a diminished strength in the Lok Sabha would force the Modi government to dilute its ideology or go slow on transformational reforms is a flawed assumption. But Modi is an able administrator, he knows the art of when to give in and when to draw the line.there will be no compromise,” said a third party leader, referring to N Chandrababu Naidu of the Telugu Desam and the Janata Dal United headed by Nitish Kumar, the numbers of both are required to help the BJP cross the majority mark. “He made it clear that the war against corruption will not stop.he has already indicated that sarkar kamzor nahi hogi and he will ensure that as he wants to leave a legacy, which will not be that of a weak leader.” Analysts pointed out that Modi has a strong sense of history and likely sees the third term as being the one that will propel him to the status of India’s tallest political leader since independence.