KOCHI: The recent 2019 election mandate is like none other. An overwhelming outcome, a second consecutive decisive verdict not witnessed in the last 48 years! But what does this mean? We can interpret it from two perspectives which have largely dominated the mainstream discourse. First, that this is a vote for majoritarianism and second this is a vote for strong leadership. While both of these may have contributed towards this mandate, I feel, each factor may be grossly overstated.
This decisive mandate reflects the aspiration of more than half of the country’s population which wants to move up from the […]
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