* Voters posed trust in Modi’s leadership for his welfare schemes like Jan Dhan Yojana
* The Modi govt took a few policy missteps but came back strongly with focus on social sector schemes
Parkash, 30, a tractor driver from Banswara, one of the poorest regions of southern Rajasthan, is happy that his family has received cooking gas and electricity connections during the five-year tenure of the Narendra Modi government.
“Our name is there in the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana. We openly defecate as we have not got money for building toilets yet. But we have full faith in Modiji that if comes back to power we will get our house and toilet," Parkash said ahead of this year’s Lok Sabha polls.
Parkash, and his ilk, seemed to have voted Modi back to power, despite not having benefited from all schemes. Besides, they did not buy into the Congress’ promise of Rs.72,000 per year under the NYAY scheme. “These are false promises. Earlier also, Congress said Rs.2,000 pension and Rs.2 lakh loan waiver, but no one got it."
Though the Modi government took a few policy missteps such as demonetization, it came back strongly to focus on better delivery of social sector schemes. The result is the resounding mandate.
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