100-day agenda not just a BJP show as NDA allies want tweaks
NEW DELHI : The Narendra Modi government may rework its 100-day agenda to accommodate its partners' wishes, after failing to secure an outright majority in the just-concluded national elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) may also have to incorporate policy prescriptions in state manifestos where it contested along with allies. The latest plan is to discuss the 100-day agenda with all coalition partners, said senior leaders of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Janata Dal (United), two key partners of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by Modi.
Other NDA allies, including the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) and the Shiv Sena, would also give inputs for the agenda. "We were not part of the discussions while the previous government was finalizing the 100-day agenda of the new dispensation after elections. We would like the new government to review and reshape it taking our inputs into consideration," JDU spokesperson and senior party leader K.C.
Tyagi said. The existing 100-day agenda has five key elements—infrastructure, manufacturing, semiconductors, renewable energy and housing. It was finalized with inputs from ministries on key initiatives that could be announced and implemented in the first 100 days of the new government.
The exercise brought out hundreds of suggestions, which were filtered to include a few dozen key quickly implementable programmes. Political formations outside the NDA were not consulted for the agenda. "We have our own set of priorities and our own manifesto, which has been approved by our alliance partner, the BJP.
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