Lesser appetite for “anti-national” policies of political parties

As a country strengthens from a lower-income society to a middle-income society, the majority of its citizens gain confidence and become more nationalist. In the last few years, India is in this phase and will continue to be in this phase at least for the next two decades.

This basic point was missed by the Congress party as it scored many self-goals in the last 12 years (since the recovery from the 2009 downturn). For example, its self-goal by opposing the repeal of Article 370! Unless the Congress party tilts toward “nationalist-friendly” policies, there is little scope for its reemergence as a strong alternative to BJP.

I notice that even AAP and its leaders are making the mistake of tainting itself with many “anti-nationalistic” statements and steps. AAP should be careful and not repeat the mistake of the Congress party.