By Lance Pricee
the question is what exactly is this
Campaign to Transform India and what is its ultimate goal?
On 16 May 2014, India's new prime minister, Narendra Modi, entered the record books, after the most extraordinary general election campaign in his country's history. His had been a remarkable victory, not just by the standards of Indian democracy, but worthy of comparison with some of the greatest electoral triumphs anywhere in the world. By virtue of the mandate he had been given, Modi was now one of the most powerful men on the international stage. And yet until very recently he had been a virtual pariah, refused entry to the United States as a religious extremist and frozen out diplomatically by Britain, the European Union and many other western countries. His in-box was overflowing; he would face enormous challenges if he was to go anywhere near meeting the expectations he had raised on the campaign trail. But just eight weeks after taking office he made time to meet me — a foreigner with no particular expertise in Indian politics, but with a fascination for elections and respect for politicians with the vision and determination to break the mould,
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