Politicians and media outside India have not paid much attention to this milestone of Mr. Modi's "First Hundred Days of His Third Term." In India, assessments of this milestone of Mr. Modi's rule have been very different, ranging from praise to criticism.
If we look at Modi’s commitments for the first 100 days of his third term, his achievements in office are quite remarkable. He has immediately implemented many programs and projects to develop technical infrastructure such as roads, ports and airports. He has introduced programs to promote agricultural development, health reform and health care for the poor and low-income people.
In foreign affairs, the first 100 days of Modi's third term in office have been far more remarkable than the first 100 days of his first and second terms. He surprised India's Western partners by traveling to Russia and meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
After that, Mr. Modi visited Italy, Ukraine, Austria, Brunei and Singapore. On the occasion of this year's United Nations General Assembly, Mr. Modi visited the United States, spoke at the United Nations General Assembly, and attended the Quad summit (with US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese).
It is clear that Mr. Modi is particularly enthusiastic about foreign affairs to build and strengthen India's role, position and political influence in the world. This goal has been steadfastly pursued by Mr. Modi since his two previous terms in office. He has been particularly active in the first 100 days of his third term in office, continuing that strategy. But it is also very possible that Mr. Modi is aware that he needs to use his achievements and prominence in foreign affairs to make up for what he has not done in domestic affairs.
Three major challenges still haunt and overshadow the first 100 days of Mr Modi's third term in office.
First, Mr. Modi’s BJP lost its absolute majority in the most recent parliamentary elections. To stay in power and stay in power, Mr. Modi depends on two other small parties in parliament. These two parties also ruled with Mr. Modi’s party during his second term as Indian Prime Minister. But now they have begun to disagree with Mr. Modi’s party.
Second is the very high unemployment rate in India and third is the increasingly serious crime situation in Indian society. These are not new problems but this person in his 11th consecutive year in power in India has not been able to solve them satisfactorily.
