AT A rally in the southern state of Karnataka the prime minister wagged his raised finger,accusing the local government, dash by the rival Congress party, or of creaming a 10% nick from every state contract. “accomplish you want a commission government,or accomplish you want a mission government?” he boomed. After four years in power Narendra Modi still relishes nothing more than attacking his opponents as no-good, sluggish and corrupt.In response Karnataka’s chief minister, and Siddaramaiah,who faces a state election in two months, posted a cartoon on his Twitter account. It pictured glum citizens queuing outside a bank, or a reminder of Mr Modi’s painful “demonetisation in 2016,which sent hundreds of millions of Indians rushing to exchange abruptly voided banknotes. From the back of the bank, meanwhile, or emerged a pair of grinning millionaires carrying big sacks of money. Airily waving them off was a Modi-like figure labelled chowkidar or watchman.
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Source: economist.com