The Modinomics of '400 Paar': 5 Big Political Takeaways from Sitharaman's 59-page 'White Paper' - News18

Nirmala Sitharaman’s much talked about White Paper was 59 pages long, with 22 graphs, endless charts, and several numbers. Common Man’s Suffering One of the biggest political takeaways from the White Paper was how ‘aam aadmi’ fared during the Congress-led UPA government. Impact on Forces At a time when the government’s big USP has been ‘ghar me ghus ke marenge’, with memories of surgical strike still fresh in the country’s minds, the government wants to take voters back in time to show an era when financial burden cost India’s defence preparedness. Sitharaman reminded of the Coal Block Allocation scam that reached the doorstep of then PM Dr Manmohan Singh; 2G scam that saw then telecom minister D Raja, also a Congress ally, go to jail; CWG scam that saw then Congress MP Suresh Kalmadi go to jail while Congress’s then Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit’s role was under the scanner; Aircel Maxis scam where CBI alleged that Karti Chidambaram received kickbacks for his assistance via his consulting firm Advantage Strategic Consulting Ltd. Karti’s father P Chidambaram was then finance minister and a senior Congress leader. PM Modi has already declared the target of the upcoming Lok Sabha election with his ‘400 par’ slogan and these five big political takeaways may help him, and the NDA, get there.