One year of Modi 2.0: Article 370 to Ram temple, so far so good for govt

Its amendment of the Citizenship Act led to widespread countrywide protests in December, January, and February

In the past one year, the Narendra Modi government has accomplished much of the BJP’s core political agenda — scrapping provisions of Article 370 of the Constitution that gave Jammu & Kashmir special status, as well as paving the way for construction of a Ram temple in Ayodhya. It is yet to push for the third of its core agenda —adopting a uniform civil code for the country.

However, the government getting Parliament to pass a law that made triple talaq a criminal offence was claimed as a step in that direction. Its amendment of the Citizenship Act led to widespread countrywide protests in December, January, and February. Here are the highlights of the year: