There appear to be an overwhelming consensus view in India that Mr. Modi could be elected as the Prime Minister of India for the third time during the forthcoming parliamentary election.

If one were to take a holistic view of the performance of Mr. Modi as Prime Minister during the last ten years, it would become very clear that there have been many positives and a few negatives in his administration. Further, discerning observers would tend to think that whatever negative aspects of Mr. Modi’s administration have not been due to him but inspite of his efforts.

If one were to have an unbiased look at the performance of the past Prime Ministers of India, perhaps, Mr. Jawaharlal Nehru and Mr. Modi stand apart for their development vision and long term outlook.

During Mr. Nehru’s long years of Prime Ministership, several monumental projects and programmes were implemented in the country such as Bakra Nangal Dam, Atomic Energy Commission, steel plants, setting up of CSIR laboratories for research and so on.

During Mr. Modi’s tenure also, several monumental projects have been conceived with some of them already implemented and a few of them under work in progress stage.

Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru started his function as Prime Minister when development stage in India was at minimum level and whatever he did were new and hitherto un........

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